Another look at general covariance and the equivalence of reference frames

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2005.11.001MaRDI QIDQ640260zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Dennis Dieks

Publication date 17 October 2011

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://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/2532/1/equivalencecopyedited.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

equivalencerelativitygeneral covariancereference frames

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of statistical mechanics (82-03)

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