On Einstein algebras and relativistic spacetimes

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2015.09.003zbMATH Open1329.83050arXiv1506.00124OpenAlexW1897017050MaRDI QIDQ905673FDOQ905673

Thomas William Barrett, Sarita Rosenstock, 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)

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.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.00124

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zbMATH Keywords

categorical equivalencegeneral relativitysubstantivalismrelationismEinstein algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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