While developing general relativity, Einstein became confused about the gauge invariance
in the theory. He formulated an argument that led him to conclude that a
general relativistic field theory is impossible. He gave up looking for
fully generally covariant tensor equations, and searched for equations
that would be invariant under general linear transformations only.
In June 1913 the Entwurf ("draft") theory was the result of these
investigations. As its name suggests, it was a sketch of a theory, with
the equations of motion supplemented by additional gauge fixing
conditions. Simultaneously less elegant and more difficult than general
relativity, after more than two years of intensive work Einstein
abandoned the theory in November 1915 after realizing that the hole argument was mistaken.[98]
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