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Einstein's Apple and Relativity's Gravitational Field

History and Philosophy of Physics 2009-04-01 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

The foundations of Einstein's first (1907) principle of equivalence are explored and their consequences are stated in terms of invariance under generalized Lorentz transformations, first explored by Hessenberg.

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@article{arxiv.0903.3768,
  title  = {Einstein's Apple and Relativity's Gravitational Field},
  author = {Engelbert L. Schucking},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.3768},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

32 pages ; 3 figures ; Hessenberg Appendix properly included and figures modified

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