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Einstein-Rosen Waves

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1937

Albert EinsteinJanuary 1937

Princeton · Science / Physics

Einstein and Rosen publish a corrected treatment of cylindrical gravitational waves, demonstrating that exact wave solutions can exist within general relativity.

Names involved

Albert Einstein

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