1998/12/03 by S. Deser, Deser, S.
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/9812013
4 pages, Contribution to J. Stachel Festschrift, to be published in "Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science"; Revisiting the foundations of relativistic physics (Kluwer 2003)
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I review some ways in which spacetime dimensionality enters explicitly in gravitation. In particular, I recall some unusual geometrical gravity models that are constructible in dimensions different from four, especially in D=3 where even ordinary Einstein theory is "different", e.g., fully Machian.