AppliedandPureResearchInstitute17NewcastleDriveNashuaNH03060PhysicsEssaysvol.13no.42000AbstractItisshownthatthe1915Einsteinequationisincompatiblewiththephysicalnotionthatawavecarriesawayenergy-momentum.ThisproofiscompatiblewiththatMaxwell-NewtonApproximation(thelinearfieldequationforweakgravity)andissupportedbythebinarypulsarexperiments.FordynamicproblemsthelinearfieldequationisindependentofandfurthermoreincompatiblewiththeEinsteinequation.Thelinearequationasafirst-orderapp