Schwarzschild radius before general relativity: Why does Michell-Laplace argument provide the correct answer?

DOI10.1007/s10701-009-9315-8zbMath1180.83060OpenAlexW2095340516MaRDI QIDQ1039263

Giovanni Preti

Publication date: 27 November 2009

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-009-9315-8

zbMATH Keywords

historyblack holesgravitationdark bodiesSchwarzschild radius

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Black holes (83C57) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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