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On Mach's Principle and the "Special" Theory of Relativity

General Physics 2017-07-18 v3

Abstract

First, we present a history of the school of thought that the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation acts as an ether in contemporary popular English. Then we illustrate the properties of this ether and of a hypothetical "test mass" using a brand new thought experiment. Finally, we recount some post-Einstein efforts at a mathematical formulation of Mach's principle and raise some questions about what implications it has for the locality of rotation and for quantum gravity. This paper does not prove Einstein wrong.

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@article{arxiv.1604.03786,
  title  = {On Mach's Principle and the "Special" Theory of Relativity},
  author = {Gift Jesubalan and Uzumaki Ashura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.03786},
  year   = {2017}
}

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This submission has been withdrawn by arXiv admins because the 2nd author is a pseudonym