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Mach Principle Formulation

Publishes a foundational discussion of general relativity in which he explicitly names Mach's principle and distinguishes it from the equivalence and relativity principles.

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Mach Principle Formulation

1918 · Berlin · United States of America · Physics

Publishes a foundational discussion of general relativity in which he explicitly names Mach's principle and distinguishes it from the equivalence and relativity principles.