On Einstein Algebras and Relativistic Spacetimes

2015/05/30 by Sarita Rosenstock, Rosenstock, Sarita, Thomas William Barrett +3 · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Mathematical Physics (math-ph) #Mathematics and Applications #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #gr-qc #math-ph #math.MP #physics.hist-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1506.00124

20 pages

openalex publication_date 2015/05/30 · arxiv created 2015/09/01 · arxiv updated 2015/09/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

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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