2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/207101We show that local diff-invariant free field theories in four spacetime dimensions do not have local degrees of freedom.23 pages (in DIN A4 format). Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. DGeneral Relativity and Quantum CosmologyIn Search of Local Degrees of Freedom in Quadratic Diff-invariant Lagrangianstext