Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character · 1928 · 14 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsGravitationQuantum MechanicsRelativityEinstein Field EquationsGeneral RelativityGravitational FieldsMathematical RelativityQuantum GravitySpacetime GeometryDifferential Geometry Of SpacetimeEinstein ModelEquations Of Motion In General RelativityGeneral Relativity In CosmologyQuantum Geometry
Abstract 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:— ds2 = gmndxmdxn {mn = 1, 2, 3, 4, the sign of summation being omitted for convenience. It is supposed that the coefficients, of which gmn is the type, are dependent upon the content of space, and the relation existing between them is the law of gravitation.