General-relativistic covariance

DOI10.1007/s10701-019-00256-0zbMath1436.83006OpenAlexW2944543272WikidataQ127943698 ScholiaQ127943698MaRDI QIDQ1985879

Neil Dewar

Publication date: 7 April 2020

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

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/15934/1/GenRelCov3.0.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

general relativitytetradgeneral covariance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

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