Mesh and measure in early general relativity |
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| Institution: | CNRS: SPHere, France;University of Lausanne, Department of Philosophy, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland;Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z1;Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;INFN, sez. di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy;Dept. of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3255, United States;University of Tasmania, Australia |
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| Abstract: | In the early days of general relativity, several of Einstein׳s readers misunderstood the role of coordinates or “mesh-system” in ways that threatened the basic predictions of the theory. This confusion largely derived from intrinsic defects of Einstein׳s first systematic exposition of his theory. A few of Einstein׳s followers, including Arthur Eddington, Hermann Weyl, and Max von Laue, identified the interpretive difficulties and solved them by combining a deeply geometrical understanding of the theory with detailed attention to the concrete conditions of measurement. |
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| Keywords: | General relativity Coordinates Measurement Arthur Eddington Hermann Weyl Max von Laue |
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