Abstract
The standard approach to the representation of matter in the general theory of relativity is often justified by appeal to the generalrelativistic interpretation of Mach’s principle. The position of the latter is briefly reviewed and seen to be precarious. It is suggested that what is required in general relativity is a sourceless set of field equations for the components of the metric tensor, with Einstein’s equations now regarded as a definition of the matter tensor.
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