Reconsidering Gravity as Dynamic Phenomenon

The purpose of this paper is to explore gravity as a dynamic phenomenon where the gravitational effects described by the Schwarzschild metric are transferred to changes in the quantities of time, length, velocity, acceleration, mass, energy, force as well as the electric and magnetic field constant. These changes are assumed to be physically real and not just a superficial effect of the used coordinate system. Using these malleable quantities various calculations can be done in ordinary orthogonal space again which were regarded as requiring curved space, as demonstrated by applying those malleable quantities to the typical tests of general relativity. This endeavour also uncovers how the formula for Newtonian gravity has to be extended to properly explain the perihelion precession of planets. Moreover, formerly concealed connections between Newtonian gravity and the theory of general relativity are revealed, in particular gravitational potential energy is identified as a change in mass energy. Thereafter a quantum gravity approach is put forward, as originally proposed by John A. Macken, which provides clues to how gravity can be expressed on the quantum level with a classical wave based approach that uses the ’acoustic’ impedance of space. In that context the electrostatic and magnetic force are also reexamined, since they exhibit an unexpected mathematical similarity to gravity.