Topology change and the unity of space

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(00)00003-4MaRDI QIDQ720381zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Craig Callender, Robert Weingard

Publication date 14 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 https://doi.org/10.1016/s1355-2198(00)00003-4

zbMATH Keywords

spacetimeEuler characteristicgeneral relativitytopology changenon-orientabilityunity of space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-01)

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