On the Unification Problem in Physics

2018/03/21 by Th. Kaluza · 3 voices · 6 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Relativity and Gravitational Theory

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Abstract

Revised translation of Kaluza's historic 1921 paper, "Zum Unit"atsproblem der Physik," on 5-dimensional spacetime, used to unify gravity and electromagnetism. This version is based, in part, on a 1984 translation provided by T. Muta, but revised and formatted using LaTeX to closely match the original paper in appearance and pagination. Kaluza's original notation is restored.

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Discussions

• Referring to Kaluza's 1921 paper that starts with the 5d ansatz $$\tilde{g}_{mn} = \left( \begin{array}{cc} g_{\mu\nu} & 2\alpha A_\mu \\ 2\alpha A_\nu & 2\mathfrak{g} \end{array} \right)\space\space [stackexchange, 5 points]
• On the Unification Problem in Physics (1921) [hn, 1 points, 0 comments]
• "Zum Unitätsproblem der Physik" by Theodor Kaluza, one of the first papers on Kaluza-Klein theory, is in arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.08616 [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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