Simultaneity in special and general relativity

2005/06/28 by E. Minguzzi, Minguzzi, E.
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0506127

Latex2e, 9 pages, no figures. To appear in the proceedings of the school 'Relativistic Coordinates, Reference and Positioning Systems', Salamanca (Spain), January 21-25, 2005

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Abstract

We present some basic facts concerning simultaneity in both special and general relativity. We discuss Weyl's proof of the consistence of Einstein's synchronization convention and consider the general relativistic problem of assigning a time function to a congruence of timelike curves.

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