Einstein, Nordström and the early demise of scalar, Lorentz-covariant theories of gravitation (Q1205987)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 148381
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 148381 |
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Einstein, Nordström and the early demise of scalar, Lorentz-covariant theories of gravitation (English)
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1 April 1993
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The author provides answers to the following questions: ``As Einstein sped towards his general theory of relativity in the period 1907-1915 did he reassess his original, hasty, judgement of 1907 regarding the inadequacy of Lorentz-covariant gravitation theories? In particular, what of the most naturally suggested Lorentz-covariant gravitation theory, one in which the gravitational field was represented by a scalar field and the differential operators of the Newtonian theory were replaced by their Lorentz-covariant counterparts? Where does this theory lead? Did the Einstein of the early 1910s have good reason to expect that developing this theory would lead outside special relativity?''.
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theory of relativity
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Lorentz-covariant gravitation theory
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differential operators
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