The definition of Mach's principle

DOI10.1007/s10701-010-9490-7zbMath1216.83056arXiv1007.3368MaRDI QIDQ535667

Julian Barbour

Publication date: 13 May 2011

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1007.3368

zbMATH Keywords

general relativity; Mach's principle; inertial frames

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

01A60: History of mathematics in the 20th century

83F05: Relativistic cosmology

83C45: Quantization of the gravitational field

83C05: Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)

83-03: History of relativity and gravitational theory

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