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Harvey R. Brown

Publication date: 13 December 2005



01A60: History of mathematics in the 20th century

03A05: Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations

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

83A05: Special relativity

83D05: Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories

01A55: History of mathematics in the 19th century

83-03: History of relativity and gravitational theory

83-01: Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory


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