Editorial note to: J. Ehlers, F. A. E. Pirani and A. Schild, ``The geometry of free fall and light propagation

DOI10.1007/s10714-012-1352-5zbMath1243.83019OpenAlexW2123734682MaRDI QIDQ431098

Andrzej Trautman

Publication date: 26 June 2012

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-012-1352-5

zbMATH Keywords

projective structureslight propagationGolden OldieLorentzian geometryconformal structuresfree fall

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle (83E05) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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