Albert Einstein and the doubling of the deflection of light

DOI10.1007/S10699-021-09783-4MaRDI QIDQ6639618zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Jean-Marc Ginoux

Publication date 15 November 2024

Published in Foundations of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S10699-021-09783-4

zbMATH Keywords

deflection of lightgeneral relativityJohann von Soldner

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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