Mach’s principle and the structure of dynamical theories

DOI10.1098/rspa.1982.0102zbMath1171.83351OpenAlexW2088972092WikidataQ56687320 ScholiaQ56687320MaRDI QIDQ3182596

Publication date: 11 October 2009

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1982.0102

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05) General models, approaches, and methods in mechanics of particles and systems (70G99)

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