From the Berlin "ENTWURF" Field Equations to the Einstein Tensor I: October 1914 until Beginning of November 1915

2012/01/25 by Galina Weinstein, Weinstein, Galina · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #History and Developments in Astronomy #International Science and Diplomacy

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1201.5352

Abstract

I discuss Albert Einstein's 1914 review paper, "The Formal Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity" from two points of view: the main elements in the paper that appear to have led to the downfall of the Einstein-Grossman theory; and the elements that seem to have inspired Einstein during October 1915 to reformulate the 1914 Einstein-Grossmann theory in the form of the November 1915 and the 1916 General Theory of Relativity. First paper among three papers.

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