Macdonald, Alan (2001) Einstein's Hole Argument. [Preprint]
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Abstract
In general relativity, a spacetime and a gravitational field form an indivisible unit: no field, no spacetime. This is a lesson of Einstein's hole argument. We use a simple transformation in a Schwartzschild pacetime to illustrate this.
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| Item Type: | Preprint | ||||||
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| Additional Information: | This is a much improved version of the published version. | ||||||
| Keywords: | hole argument | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Alan Macdonald | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 15 Aug 2009 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:18 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 4831 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory | ||||||
| Date: | February 2001 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4831 |
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