Outline of a dynamical inferential conception of the application of mathematics
DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2015.01.004zbMath1307.83004OpenAlexW2131448801MaRDI QIDQ2261517
Publication date: 6 March 2015
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.2015.01.004
Einsteinapplicability of mathematicsabsolute differential calculusgenesis of general relativityGrossmanninferential conception
History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03) Physics (00A79)
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