Formal statement of the special principle of relativity

DOI10.1007/S11229-013-0374-1zbMATH Open1360.83004arXiv1109.2374OpenAlexW2104023258MaRDI QIDQ514581FDOQ514581

Authors: Márton Gömöri, Lázló E. Szabó 

Publication date: 9 March 2017

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The aim of the paper is to develop a proper mathematical formalism which can help to clarify the necessary conceptual plugins to the special principle of relativity and leads to a deeper understanding of the principle in its widest generality.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.2374

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zbMATH Keywords

covarianceoperationalismspecial relativity principleuniversal meta-law

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Special relativity (83A05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Other applications of logic (03B80)

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