Field equations in teleparallel space–time: Einstein's Fernparallelismus approach toward unified field theory
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Field equations in teleparallel spacetime: Einstein’s Fernparallelismus approach towards unified field theory
A historical account of Einstein’s Fernparallelismus approach towards a unified field theory of gravitation and electromagnetism is given. In this theory, a spacetime characterized by a curvature-free connection in conjunction with a metric tensor field, both defined in terms of a dynamical tetrad field, is investigated. The approach was pursued by Einstein in a number of publications that appe...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Historia Mathematica
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0315-0860
DOI: 10.1016/j.hm.2005.11.005