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From the Berlin "Entwurf" Field Equations to the Einstein Tensor III: March 1916

History and Philosophy of Physics 2012-01-26 v1

Abstract

I discuss Albert Einstein's 1916 General Theory of Relativity. I show that in Einstein's 1916 review paper, "the Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity", he derived his November 25, 1915 field equations with an additional term on the right hand side involving the trace of the energy-momentum tensor (he posed the condition square root -g=1) using the equations he presented on November 4, 1915. Series of papers: Final paper.

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@article{arxiv.1201.5358,
  title  = {From the Berlin "Entwurf" Field Equations to the Einstein Tensor III: March 1916},
  author = {Galina Weinstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.5358},
  year   = {2012}
}

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Draft - final paper. All three papers are historical