Mach's principle as action-at-a-distance in GR: the causality question

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2014.09.004zbMATH Open1302.83005OpenAlexW2044430130MaRDI QIDQ484985FDOQ484985

Authors: Carl Hoefer 

Publication date: 8 January 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: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/166294

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zbMATH Keywords

general relativityMach's principlecausationaction-at-a-distance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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• Mach's principle: from Newton's bucket to quantum gravity. Based on the conference at Tübingen, Germany, July 1993
• Mass-energy-momentum: only there because of spacetime?
• Reconsidering Relativistic Causality
• On the history of the so-called Lense-Thirring effect

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• Dependence relations in general relativity
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