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Mach's Principle

History and Philosophy of Physics 2008-04-01 v2 Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology General Physics

Abstract

We briefly review the history of Mach's principle and discuss its significance in the light of modern physics.

Cite

@article{arxiv.physics/0407078,
  title  = {Mach's Principle},
  author = {Herbert Lichtenegger and Bahram Mashhoon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0407078},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

20 pages; v2: improved version published as the second chapter of The Measurement of Gravitomagnetism: A Challenging Enterprise, edited by L. Iorio (Nova Science, New York, 2007), pp. 13-25