Who's afraid of coordinate systems? An essay on representation of spacetime structure

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.07.002zbMath1421.83020OpenAlexW2307801796MaRDI QIDQ2272839

David Wallace

Publication date: 16 September 2019

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/11988/1/coord_short.pdf

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Special relativity (83A05) Physics (00A79) Axiomatics, foundations (70A05)

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