A geometric formulation of the equivalence principle
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Publication:4836821
DOI10.1063/1.531364zbMath0824.53073OpenAlexW2072831430MaRDI QIDQ4836821
Robert Alan Coleman, Heinz-Jürgen Schmidt
Publication date: 21 June 1995
Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.531364
Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05) Projective differential geometry (53A20)
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