On Einstein Algebras and Relativistic Spacetimes
History and Philosophy of Physics
2015-09-02 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
In this paper, we examine the relationship between general relativity and the theory of Einstein algebras. We show that according to a formal criterion for theoretical equivalence recently proposed by Halvorson (2012, 2015) and Weatherall (2015), the two are equivalent theories.
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@article{arxiv.1506.00124,
title = {On Einstein Algebras and Relativistic Spacetimes},
author = {Sarita Rosenstock and Thomas William Barrett and James Owen Weatherall},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.00124},
year = {2015}
}
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20 pages