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For questions involving the Lagrangian formulation of a dynamical system. Namely, the application of an action principle to a suitably chosen Lagrangian or Lagrangian Density in order to obtain the equations of motion of the system.
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What’s the motivation for using Ricci scalar in action term for spacetime?
Why do we use Ricci scalar in the action equation for the spacetime? Why don’t we use other functions? Is it just intuition? What forces us to use that?