General relativity as a hybrid theory: the genesis of Einstein's work on the problem of motion

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.09.006zbMath1421.83015arXiv1803.09872OpenAlexW2766454604MaRDI QIDQ2272845

Dennis Lehmkuhl

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: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.09872

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic dynamics for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H40) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Physics (00A79)

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