Is the principle of equivalence a principle?

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(97)00011-9zbMath0893.53041arXivgr-qc/9806062OpenAlexW2038349354MaRDI QIDQ1378917

Bozhidar Z. Iliev

Publication date: 9 February 1998

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9806062

zbMATH Keywords

equivalence principlelinear connectionsinertial frames

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unified, higher-dimensional and super field theories (83E99) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) General relativity (83C99) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Linear and affine connections (53B05) Other connections (53B15)

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• Normal frames and the validity of the equivalence principle: I. Cases in a neighbourhood and at a point
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