2016/02/16 by Gift Jesubalan, Jesubalan, Gift, Uzumaki Ashura +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1604.03786
First, we present a history of the school of thought that the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation acts as an ether in contemporary popular English. Then we illustrate the properties of this ether and of a hypothetical "test mass" using a brand new thought experiment. Finally, we recount some post-Einstein efforts at a mathematical formulation of Mach's principle and raise some questions about what implications it has for the locality of rotation and for quantum gravity. This paper does not prove Einstein wrong.