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

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2017.05.010MaRDI QIDQ1705892zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors 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

Lie groupsorthogonal groupFinsler geometryfoundations of geometryHermann Weylproblem of spacefoundations of relativity theoriesHelmholtz-Lie's problem of spacephilosophy of spaceRiemann's inaugural lecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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