The relativity of inertia and reality of nothing

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.08.003zbMath1228.83004arXiv0804.3146OpenAlexW2153836444MaRDI QIDQ652799

Ermenegildo Caccese, Alexander Afriat

Publication date: 17 December 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: https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.3146

zbMATH Keywords

Einsteinenergy conservationgeneral relativitygravitational wavesinertiaMach's principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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