Riemann's and Helmholtz-Lie's problems of space from Weyl's relativistic perspective

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.05.010zbMath1382.81007OpenAlexW2739136075MaRDI QIDQ1705892

Julien Bernard

Publication date: 19 March 2018

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/j.shpsb.2017.05.010

zbMATH Keywords

orthogonal groupLie groupsFinsler geometryfoundations of geometryHermann Weylproblem of spacefoundations of relativity theoriesHelmholtz-Lie's problem of spacephilosophy of spaceRiemann's inaugural lecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Special relativity (83A05) Applications of linear algebraic groups to the sciences (20G45) Local differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53B40) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Physics (00A79)

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