The theory of gravitation in Hamiltonian form

DOI10.1098/RSPA.1958.0142zbMATH Open0080.41403OpenAlexW2027106837WikidataQ30052092 ScholiaQ30052092MaRDI QIDQ3248607FDOQ3248607

Authors: Paul Dirac 

Publication date: 1958

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1958.0142

zbMATH Keywords

Relativity Theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

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