Lost in the tensors: Einstein's struggles with covariance principles 1912–1916

DOI10.1016/0039-3681(78)90008-0zbMath0414.01007OpenAlexW2002756376MaRDI QIDQ3048788

John Earman, Clark Glymour

Publication date: 1978

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0039-3681(78)90008-0

zbMATH Keywords

tensorsEinstein's struggles with covariance principles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of differential geometry (53-03)

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