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We present a historical review of Einstein's 1917 paper 'Cosmological Considerations in the General Theory of Relativity' to mark the centenary of a key work that set the foundations of modern cosmology. We find that the paper followed as a…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 Cormac O'Raifeartaigh , Michael O'Keeffe , Werner Nahm , Simon Mitton

Quantum Theory, similar to Relativity Theory, requires a new concept of space-time, imposed by a universal constant. While velocity of light $c$ not being infinite calls for a redefinition of space-time on large and cosmological scales,…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2021-04-21 Herbert Capellmann

We present a novel derivation of both the Minkowski metric and Lorentz transformations from the consistent quantification of a causally ordered set of events with respect to an embedded observer. Unlike past derivations, which have relied…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-12-22 Kevin H. Knuth , Newshaw Bahreyni

The cause for first and second order electromagnetic equivalency of inertial systems is approached from a different point of view than that of special relativity. While special relativity applies dilatation to time and contraction to space…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Sardin

We review the Inertial transformation and Lorentz transformation under a new context, by using Clifford Algebra or Geometric Algebra. The apparent contradiction between theses two approach is simply stems from different procedures for clock…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-11-26 R. de Oliveira , S. J. da Silva , V. H. G. de Campos

Simply by assuming the first postulate of Special Relativity and by exploring Gedankenexperiments with electromagnetic forces, we suggest that there is a speed limit in the universe, which can be determined as a relation between vacuum…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-11-06 Sergio Eduardo Silva Duarte , Nathan Willig Lima

We draw a picture of physical systems that allows us to recognize what is this thing called "time" by requiring consistency not only with our notion of time but also with the way time enters the fundamental laws of Physics, independently of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-12 Caterina Foti , Alessandro Coppo , Giulio Barni , Alessandro Cuccoli , Paola Verrucchi

I consider in this book a formulation of Quantum Mechanics. Usually QM is formulated based on the notion of time and space, both of which are thought a priori given quantities or notions. However, when we try to define the notion of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-01-10 Hitoshi Kitada

The mantra about gravitation as curvature is a misnomer. The curvature tensor for a standard of rest does not describe acceleration in a gravitational field but the \underline{gradient} of the acceleration (e.g. geodesic deviation). The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-03-31 Engelbert L. Schucking

In this work, a precise quantum formulation of Einstein's Equivalence Principle (EEP) is developed within the framework of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. By employing detailed analyses in both the Schr\"odinger and Heisenberg pictures,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-03 S. A. Torres

This contribution analyses the classical laws of motion by means of an approach relating time and entropy. We argue that adopting the notion of change of states as opposed to the usual derivation of Newton's laws in terms of fields a…

General Physics · Physics 2007-06-19 R Assumpcao

In special relativity theory the physical quantities are generally expressed as function of the velocity. In the particular case of an extended object, the factor 1/gamma of Lorentz contraction of its length in the direction of motion is…

General Physics · Physics 2013-07-25 E. R. Cazaroto

This note is based on F. Burghart's master thesis at Stuttgart university from July 2018, supervised by Prof. Freiberg. We review the Einstein relation, which connects the Hausdorff, local walk and spectral dimensions on a space, in the…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-04 Fabian Burghart , Uta Freiberg

It is a little known fact that while he was developing his theory of general relativity, Einstein's initial idea was a variable speed of light theory. Indeed space-time curvature can be mimicked by a speed of light $c(r)$ that depends on…

General Physics · Physics 2015-03-31 Alexander Unzicker , Jan Preuss

In particular cases of stationary and stationary axially symmetric space-time passage to non-relativistic limit of Einstein equation is completed. For this end the notions of absolute space and absolute time are introduced due to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-06-13 Z. Ya. Turakulov

Gravitation, according to General Relativity, is an attribute of space-time's geometry and hence not a force in the Newtonian sense. This is a consequence of Einstein's equivalence principle, which so far passed all experimental tests with…

Popular Physics · Physics 2013-09-10 Domenico Giulini

We begin with a review of the famous thought experiment that was proposed by Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen (EPR) and mathematically formulated by Bell; the outcomes of which challenge the completeness of quantum mechanics and the locality of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-24 K. L. H. Bryan , A. J. M. Medved

In 1907, Einstein suggested an experiment with flying atoms for corroborating time dilation. In that paper, the flying atom was conceived as a flying clock: the reference to the Doppler effect was only indirect (the experiments by Stark to…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2015-02-23 Giuseppe Giuliani

The Einstein-Hilbert action (and thus the dynamics of gravity) can be obtained by combining the principle of equivalence, special relativity and quantum theory in the Rindler frame and postulating that the horizon area must be proportional…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 T. Padmanabhan

We present the first English translation of Einstein's original papers related to the teleparallel ('absolute parallelism', 'distant parallelism' and the German 'Fernparallelismus' are synonyms) attempt of an unified field theory of…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander Unzicker , Timothy Case