The definition of rigidity in the special theory of relativity and the genesis of the general theory of relativity

DOI10.1016/1355-2198(95)00017-8zbMath1222.83011OpenAlexW2028230444MaRDI QIDQ639756

Lucia Orlando, Giulio Maltese

Publication date: 11 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/1355-2198(95)00017-8

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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• The rejection of the Ricci tensor in Einstein's first tensorial theory of gravitation
• Lost in the tensors: Einstein's struggles with covariance principles 1912–1916
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