1961/05/01 by Robert L. Forward · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #Electromagnetism #Analogy #Theory of relativity #Einstein #General relativity #Theoretical physics #Gravitation #Classical mechanics #Physics #Tensor calculus #Gravitoelectromagnetism #Calculus (dental) #Classical field theory #Epistemology #Philosophy #Tensor field #Quantum mechanics #Exact solutions in general relativity
paper · doi:10.1109/jrproc.1961.287932
openalex publication_date 1961/05/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
Einstein's general theory of relativity is broken down and simplified under limitations usually satisfied in experimentally realizable situations. Following the work of Møller,1 an analogy between electromagnetism and gravitation is presented which allows calculation of various gravitational forces by considering the equivalent electromagnetic problem. A number of examples are included. Tensor formulation is not used except in the Appendix, where justification for the analogies is given.