Hilbert on General Covariance and Causality

DOI10.1007/978-1-4939-7708-6_3zbMath1402.83004OpenAlexW2808993341MaRDI QIDQ4557058

T. A. Ryckman, Katherine A. Brading

Publication date: 29 November 2018

Published in: Einstein Studies (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7708-6_3

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein's ``causality problemHilbert's work on generally covariant physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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