Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity: Understanding H Y = E Y and T Y = G Y

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Generally we write H Y = E Y in quantum mechanics.

Would it make any sense to use T ( stress-energy tensor) from general relativity and G (curvature) to write :

T Y = G Y
 
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T Y = G Y

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What would you call Y in that case ?
 
Rothiemurchus said:
Generally we write H Y = E Y in quantum mechanics.

Would it make any sense to use T ( stress-energy tensor) from general relativity and G (curvature) to write :

T Y = G Y


Well, this is not what people do, no. Because G already contains derivatives of the metric, so T=G is already a differential equation. So it's the metric itself which is treated as a quantum field (so roughly speaking, it is treated like the psi of qm) and the equation is kept as T=G.

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