The definition of Mach's principle

DOI10.1007/s10701-010-9490-7zbMath1216.83056arXiv1007.3368OpenAlexW3099067373MaRDI QIDQ535667

Julian Barbour

Publication date: 13 May 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1007.3368

zbMATH Keywords

general relativityMach's principleinertial frames

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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