On Einstein algebras and relativistic spacetimes

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2015.09.003zbMATH1329.83050OpenAlexW1897017050MaRDI QIDQ905673FDOQ905673

Authors Sarita Rosenstock, Thomas William Barrett, James Owen Weatherall

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://arxiv.org/abs/1506.00124

zbMATH Keywords

categorical equivalencegeneral relativitysubstantivalismrelationismEinstein algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: In this paper, we examine the relationship between general relativity and the theory of Einstein algebras. We show that according to a formal criterion for theoretical equivalence recently proposed by Halvorson (2012, 2015) and Weatherall (2015), the two are equivalent theories.

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