How Were the Hilbert--Einstein Equations Discovered?
History and Philosophy of Physics
2009-11-10 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
The pathways along which A. Einstein and D. Hilbert independently came to the gravitational field equations are traced. Some of the papers that assert a point of view on the history of the derivation of the gravitational field equations ``that radically differs from the standard point of view'' are critically analyzed. It is shown that the conclusions drawn in these papers are completely groundless.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0405075,
title = {How Were the Hilbert--Einstein Equations Discovered?},
author = {A. A. Logunov and M. A. Mestvirishvili and V. A. Petrov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0405075},
year = {2009}
}
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40 pages, misprints removed