Vesselin Petkov
Springer Netherlands
2007e druk, 2007
9781402063176
Relativity and the Dimensionality of the World
Specificaties
Gebonden, 277 blz.
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Engels
Springer Netherlands |
2007e druk, 2007
ISBN13: 9781402063176
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Fundamental Theories of Physics
Verwachte levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
The main focus of this volume is the question: is spacetime nothing more than a mathematical space (which describes the evolution in time of the ordinary three-dimensional world) or is it a mathematical model of a real four-dimensional world with time entirely given as the fourth dimension? The book contains fourteen invited papers which either directly address the main question of the nature of spacetime or explore issues related to it.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781402063176
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:277
Uitgever:Springer Netherlands
Druk:2007
Inhoudsopgave
Preface
1. The Meaning of Dimensions; Paul Wesson.
2. Some Remarks on the Space-Times of Newton and Einstein; Graham Hall.
3. The adventures of Spacetime; Orfeu Bertolami.
4. Physics in the Real Universe: Time and Spacetime; George F. R. Ellis.
5. The Real World and Spacetime; Hans C. Ohanian.
6. Four-dimensional Reality and Determinism: an Answer to Stein; Wim Rietdijk.
7. Relativity, Dimensionality, and Existence; Vesselin Petkov.
8. Canonical Relativity and the Dimensionality of the World; Martin Bojowald.
9. Relativity theory does not imply that the future already exists: a counterexample; Rafael D. Sorkin.
10. Absolute Being versus Relative Becoming; Joy Christian.
11. An Argument for 4D Blockworld from a Geometric Interpretation of Non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics; Michael Silberstein, W.M. Stuckey, and Michael Cifone.
12. Spacetime: Arena or Reality? H. I. Arcos and J. G. Pereira.
13. Dynamical emergence of instantaneous 3-spaces in a class of models of general relativity; Luca Lusanna and Massimo Pauri.
14. Lorentzian spacetimes from Parabolic and Elliptic systems of PDEs; Carlos Barceló.
1. The Meaning of Dimensions; Paul Wesson.
2. Some Remarks on the Space-Times of Newton and Einstein; Graham Hall.
3. The adventures of Spacetime; Orfeu Bertolami.
4. Physics in the Real Universe: Time and Spacetime; George F. R. Ellis.
5. The Real World and Spacetime; Hans C. Ohanian.
6. Four-dimensional Reality and Determinism: an Answer to Stein; Wim Rietdijk.
7. Relativity, Dimensionality, and Existence; Vesselin Petkov.
8. Canonical Relativity and the Dimensionality of the World; Martin Bojowald.
9. Relativity theory does not imply that the future already exists: a counterexample; Rafael D. Sorkin.
10. Absolute Being versus Relative Becoming; Joy Christian.
11. An Argument for 4D Blockworld from a Geometric Interpretation of Non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics; Michael Silberstein, W.M. Stuckey, and Michael Cifone.
12. Spacetime: Arena or Reality? H. I. Arcos and J. G. Pereira.
13. Dynamical emergence of instantaneous 3-spaces in a class of models of general relativity; Luca Lusanna and Massimo Pauri.
14. Lorentzian spacetimes from Parabolic and Elliptic systems of PDEs; Carlos Barceló.