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Did Hilbert publish general relativity field equation before Einstein?
Did Hilbert publish general relativity field equation before Einstein?
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Where did Karl Schwarzschild derived his solution?
Does anyone know more about circumstances of Karl Schwarzschild at the Russian front in 1915 where he allegedly derived his famous solution of the Einstein equations (describing a black hole)? Sources ...
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How did Einstein derive general relativity?
How did Einstein derive general relativity (GR)?
Did he use: the equivalence principle? The principle of least action? Anything else?
Note, I'm not looking for a full mathematical derivation of GR! ...
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Is General Relativity applicable for all coordinate systems?
My understanding was that relativistic physics can be expressed in any inertial coordinate system, but not arbitrary systems. That is, no experiment can determine if we are "still" or "moving" at a ...
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How were non-Euclidean manifolds applied to physics before Einstein?
In the letter of introduction to Einstein's 1916 paper on General Relativity, he writes, "The mathematical tool sthat are necessary for general relativity were readily available in the 'absolute ...
