Reconsidering Relativistic Causality

DOI10.1080/02698590701589585zbMath1130.83300arXiv0708.2189OpenAlexW2084069628MaRDI QIDQ5433129

Jeremy Butterfield

Publication date: 19 December 2007

Published in: International Studies in the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.2189

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Special relativity (83A05) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

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