Einstein on involutions in projective geometry

DOI10.1007/S00407-020-00270-ZzbMATH Open1485.01032arXiv2011.13901OpenAlexW3120764571MaRDI QIDQ822759FDOQ822759

Authors: Tilman Sauer, Tobias Schütz 

Publication date: 23 September 2021

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We discuss Einstein's knowledge of projective geometry. We show that two pages of Einstein's Scratch Notebook from around 1912 with geometrical sketches can directly be associated with similar sketches in manuscript pages dating from his Princeton years. By this correspondence, we show that the sketches are all related to a common theme, the discussion of involution in a projective geometry setting with particular emphasis on the infinite point. We offer a conjecture as to the probable purpose of these geometric considerations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.13901

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zbMATH Keywords

history of mathematicsprojective geometryhistory of physicsunified field theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) History of geometry (51-03) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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