Characterization of free fall paths by a global or local Desargues property

DOI10.1016/0393-0440(90)90031-WzbMath0741.51002MaRDI QIDQ1175637

S. Singh

Publication date: 25 June 1992

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

smooth manifoldDesargues' theoremgeodesic paths

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axiomatics, foundations (70A05) Desarguesian and Pappian geometries (51A30)

Related Items (4)

Remarks concerning the notion of free fall in axiomatic space-time theory ⋮ A geometric formulation of the equivalence principle ⋮ A characterisation of the Weylian structure of space-time by means of low velocity tests ⋮ The conformal structure of space-time in a constructive axiomatics based on elements of quantum mechanics

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