Open AccessRelativity and the quantum theory
Publication year - 1928
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1928.0025
Subject(s) - theory of relativity , einstein , sign (mathematics) , gravitation , physics , space (punctuation) , mathematical physics , general relativity , relation (database) , displacement (psychology) , mathematics , theoretical physics , classical mechanics , geometry , mathematical analysis , philosophy , psychology , computer science , psychoanalysis , linguistics , database
In Einstein’s theory of gravitation it is assumed that the geometry of space- time is characterised by the following equation for the measurement of displacement:—ds 2 =gmn dxm dxn {m n = 1, 2, 3, 4, the sign of summation being omitted for convenience. It is supposed that the coefficients, of whichgmn is the type, are dependent upon the content of space, and the relation existing between them is the law of gravitation.