Four-Dimensional Formulations of Newtonian Mechanics and Their Relation to the Special and the General Theory of Relativity

DOI10.1103/RevModPhys.36.938zbMath0123.44101WikidataQ27342515 ScholiaQ27342515MaRDI QIDQ5736938

Peter Havas

Publication date: 1964

Published in: Reviews of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

classical field theory, relativity theory

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