Einstein's principle of equivalence and the heuristic significance of general covariance

DOI10.1007/s10701-021-00434-zOpenAlexW3131576429MaRDI QIDQ2241393

Joseph K. Cosgrove

Publication date: 9 November 2021

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-021-00434-z

zbMATH Keywords

general covariancebackground independenceprinciple of equivalencerotating coordinatesequivalence of framesgeneral principle of relativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX)

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