Is the principle of equivalence a principle?

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(97)00011-9zbMath0893.53041arXivgr-qc/9806062MaRDI QIDQ1378917

Bozhidar Z. Iliev

Publication date: 9 February 1998

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9806062

zbMATH Keywords

equivalence principle; linear connections; inertial frames

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83E99: Unified, higher-dimensional and super field theories

53Z05: Applications of differential geometry to physics

83C99: General relativity

83D05: Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories

53B05: Linear and affine connections

53B15: Other connections

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