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We review the derivation of Planck's Radiation Formula on the light of recent studies in its centenary. We discuss specially the issue of discreteness, Planck's opinion on his discovery, and the critical analysis on the contributions by…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Luis J. Boya

We respond to the criticisms of a recent paper of Buchert et al. [arXiv:1505.07800]

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-02 Stephen R. Green , Robert M. Wald

This is a book review for Zhan's Matrix Theory (AMS, GSM 147, 2013).

History and Overview · Mathematics 2014-12-18 Fuzhen Zhang

In a recent paper [arXiv:1205.0096], we questioned the validity of the Lorentz law of force in the presence of material media that contain electric and/or magnetic dipoles. A number of authors have criticized our methods and conclusions.…

Optics · Physics 2012-11-16 Masud Mansuripur

Although Einstein's name is closely linked with the celebrated relation E = mc2 between mass and energy, a critical examination of the more than half dozen "proofs" of this relation that Einstein produced over a span of forty years reveals…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2008-08-14 Hans C. Ohanian

We review in the present article the conjecture of electromagnetic mass by Lorentz. The philosophical perspectives and historical accounts of this idea are described, especially, in the light of Einstein's special relativistic formula {E =…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2007-07-31 Saibal Ray

A review of the term "counterfactuals" in various contexts of quantum mechanics.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-09-05 Lev Vaidman

Leibniz scholarship is currently an area of lively debate. We respond to some recent criticisms by Archibald et al.

We present a basics of the Einstein General Theory of Relativity. In the first part of this review we derive relations of Riemann geometry which are used in the General Relativity. In the second part we discuss Einstein Equations and some…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-23 S. M. Bilenky

Einsteins general theory of relativity is one of the most important accomplishments in the history of science. Its experimental verification a century ago is therefore an essential milestone that is worth celebrating in full. We reassess…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2019-07-31 Luís C. B. Crispino , Daniel Kennefick

From its very beginning, Quantum Theory developed contrary to the intentions of its creators. For Max Planck it marks the failure of a long-term research program, in which he tried to understand the 2nd law of thermodynamics…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Domenico Giulini

In this contribution I discuss a peak in Einstein's endeavor to extract as much information as possible about the nature of radiation from the Planck distribution is his paper "On the Quantum Theory of Radiation" of 1916. This is one of the…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2017-03-27 Norbert Straumann

Even if Einstein's General Relativity achieved a great success and overcame lots of experimental tests, it also showed some shortcomings and flaws which today advise theorists to ask if it is the definitive theory of gravity. In this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-21 Christian Corda

The relativistic theory of elasticity is reviewed within the spherically symmetric context with a view towards the modeling of star interiors possessing elastic properties such as theones expected in neutron stars. Emphasis is placed on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-20 I. Brito , J. Carot , E. G. L. R. Vaz

This is partly an expository paper, where the authors' work on pseudoriemannian Einstein metrics on nilpotent Lie groups is reviewed. A new criterion is given for the existence of a diagonal Einstein metric on a nice nilpotent Lie group.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-05-10 Diego Conti , Federico A. Rossi

These lectures notes contain an introduction to General Relativity. They are addressed to a general mathematical audience with no specific background in physics. The goal is to motivate and explain Einstein's theory of gravity and discuss…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-01 Camilo Arias Abad , Alexander Quintero Velez , Juan Diego Velez Caicedo

This article describes some geometric invariants and conformal anomalies for conformally compact Einstein manifolds and their minimal submanifolds which have recently been discovered via the Anti-de Sitter/Conformal Field Theory…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 C. Robin Graham

In 1922, Albert Einstein visited Paris and interacted extensively with an illustrious section of the French academia. In overfilled sessions at the Coll\'{e}ge de France and the Sorbonne, Einstein explained his theories of relativity, and…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2020-01-29 C. S. Unnikrishnan

This volume covers one of the most thrilling two-year periods in twentieth-century physics, as matrix mechanics - developed chiefly by W. Heisenberg, M. Born, and P. Jordan - and wave mechanics - developed by E. Schr\"odinger - supplanted…