Malament, David (2005) Classical Relativity Theory. [Preprint]

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This survey article is divided into two parts. In the first (section 2), I give a brief account of the structure of classical relativity theory. In the second (section 3), I discuss three special topics: (i) the status of the relative simultaneity relation in the context of Minkowski spacetime; (ii) the ``geometrized" version of Newtonian gravitation theory (also known as Newton-Cartan theory); and (iii) the possibility of recovering the global geometric structure of spacetime from its ``causal structure".

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Malament, David
Additional Information:	This is a revised version of a paper submitted previously. The most important changes concern section 2.5.
Keywords:	relativity theory; spacetime structure; Newtonian gravitation theory; simultaneity; causal structure
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	David B. Malament
Date Deposited:	18 Aug 2005
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:13
Item ID:	2406
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	August 2005
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2406

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