Another look at general covariance and the equivalence of reference frames

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2005.11.001zbMATH Open1222.82007OpenAlexW2161062661MaRDI QIDQ640260FDOQ640260

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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