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Is the mass of curved space, additional mass?

According to Einstein, mass, say in the form of matter, curves space. It is the curvature of space that gives rise to gravity. Now I have heard there is an energy associated with the curvature of ...
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Is ADM energy (momentum) conserved?

Energy is a slippery concept in GR, but in an asymptotically flat spacetime there is a perfectly reasonable concept of energy (indeed, several) which goes by the name the ADM energy: $$ E_\mathrm{ADM} ...
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