Mesh and measure in early general relativity

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2015.07.001zbMATH Open1329.83042OpenAlexW2213998583MaRDI QIDQ905658FDOQ905658

Authors: Olivier Darrigol 

Publication date: 27 January 2016

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/j.shpsb.2015.07.001

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zbMATH Keywords

measurementgeneral relativitycoordinatesHermann WeylArthur EddingtonMax von Laue

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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