Group theoretical approach to the equivalence principle for uniformly accelerated frames (Q1089115)
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Group theoretical approach to the equivalence principle for uniformly accelerated frames (English)
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1986
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This paper explains the existence of an equivalence principle between a constant force and an uniformly accelerated frame of reference in classical Newtonian mechanics and the nonexistence of a similar principle in relativistic physics by studying the second cohomology of the underlying invariance groups.
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second cohomology of invariance groups
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equivalence principle
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constant force
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uniformly accelerated frame of reference
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