Geometry of free fall and simultaneity

DOI10.1063/1.528279zbMath0675.53049OpenAlexW1986580012MaRDI QIDQ3830164

Heinz-Jürgen Schmidt, H. Ewen

Publication date: 1989

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.528279

zbMATH Keywords

parallel transportworld linesclassical gravitationNewton-Cartan space-timemeasurements of length

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamics of a system of particles, including celestial mechanics (70F99) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45)

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