physics, particularly in discussions of gravitation theories, Mach's principle (or Mach's conjecture) is the name given by Albert Einstein to an imprecise...
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Philipp Frank (section Frank on Mach's principle)
World War II at Harvard, Frank attributed to Mach himself the following graphic expression of Mach's principle: "When the subway jerks, it's the fixed stars...
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Einstein's thought experiments Gauge gravitation theory General covariance Mach's principle Tests of general relativity Unsolved problems in astronomy Unsolved...
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His activities in that field later influenced Ernst Mach's theoretical work. Some sources give Mach's birthplace as Tuřany (German: Turas, also part of...
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In physics, the principle of relativity is the requirement that the equations describing the laws of physics have the same form in all admissible frames...
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Einstein as not just support for, but a vindication of Mach's principle, in a letter he wrote to Ernst Mach in 1913 (five years before Lense and Thirring's work...
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theoretical physics, shape dynamics is a theory of gravity that implements Mach's principle, developed with the specific goal to obviate the problem of time and...
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Inertia (redirect from Galileo's Principle)
generators in an electrical grid Kinetic energy List of moments of inertia Mach's principle Newton's laws of motion Classical mechanics Special relativity Parallel...
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included in The Principle of Relativity, page 38. Dover 1923 Rotation of the Universe Julian B. Barbour; Herbert Pfister (1998). Mach's Principle: From Newton's...
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Brans–Dicke theory (section The action principle)
General relativity Mach's principle Scientific importance of GW170817 Brans, C. H.; Dicke, R. H. (November 1, 1961). "Mach's Principle and a Relativistic...
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CMB a modern analogue of an absolute reference frame. Mach's principle and distant masses Ernst Mach proposed that inertia arises from the interaction of...
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relativity. A more recent form of these objections was made by Ernst Mach. Mach's principle proposes that mechanics is entirely about relative motion of bodies...
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1080/00048409412346161. ISSN 0004-8402. Dicke, R. H. (1961). "Dirac's cosmology and Mach's principle". Nature. 192 (4801): 440–441. Bibcode:1961Natur.192..440D. doi:10...
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framework of the equivalence principle. In 1957, he first proposed an alternative theory of gravitation inspired by Mach's principle and Paul Dirac's large...
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rotation of the dust in just the way such a Mach principle would suggest, this model does accord with Mach's ideas. Many other exact solutions that can...
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James Woodward (physicist) (section Mach effects)
forces that he calls Mach effects but are also referred to as the Woodward effect. He says that his hypothesis is based on Mach's principle that posits inertia...
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Mach's principle can be thought of as a half-way-house between Newton and Einstein. An explanation follows: Newton: Absolute space and time. Mach: The...
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dark energy, or zero-point energy. Another approach is to reconsider Mach's principle and Euclidean space. A third research avenue that might ultimately...
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the frame were rotating with respect to absolute space. Around 1883, Mach's principle was proposed where, instead of absolute rotation, the motion of the...
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hypothesis is integrated in general relativity is discussed in the article Mach's principle; it is generally held that general relativity is not entirely Machian...
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The Mach effect can refer to: Mach bands are an optical illusion that are often referred as "the Mach effect". Mach's principle – a hypothesis attempting...
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Relativtheorie) used in 1906 by Planck, who emphasized how the theory uses the principle of relativity. In the discussion section of the same paper, Alfred Bucherer...
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of closed curvature, in accordance with Einstein's understanding of Mach's principle in these years. This model became known as the Einstein World or Einstein's...
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advocated in physics by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Ernst Mach (in his Mach's principle). It was rejected by Isaac Newton in his successful description...
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fields. Conformastatic spacetimes Einstein–Hilbert action Equivalence principle Exact solutions in general relativity General relativity resources History...
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Philosophy of space and time (section Mach)
universe (Mach's Principle). Albert Einstein proposed that the laws of physics should be based on the principle of relativity. This principle holds that...
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[citation needed] Mach's principle is the name given by Einstein to a hypothesis often credited to the physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach. The idea is that...
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Coriolis field (section Mach's view)
of gravitation Coriolis effect Equivalence principle General relativity Gravitomagnetism Mach's principle Newton's bucket Janssen, Michel (2007). What...
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formulation Fundamental concepts Equivalence principle Riemannian geometry Penrose diagram Geodesics Mach's principle Formulation ADM formalism BSSN formalism...
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Criticism of the theory of relativity (section Relativity principle versus electromagnetic worldview)
Mach's principle, which would eliminate any "absolute motion" within general relativity. However, as pointed out by Willem de Sitter in 1916, Mach's principle...
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