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The equivalence principle and spatial curvature
- Source :
- European Journal of Physics. 2:48-51
- Publication Year :
- 1981
- Publisher :
- IOP Publishing, 1981.
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Abstract
- An examination is made of the connection between the equivalence principle of general relativity and the non-Euclidean properties of space. The arguments commonly advanced to suggest a necessary connection between these two features of general relativity are reviewed and critically discussed. It is shown that although gravitational time dilation is an immediate consequence of the equivalence principle the corresponding effects on space are not such immediate or logically necessary consequences of this principle.
Details
- ISSN :
- 13616404 and 01430807
- Volume :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Journal of Physics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........2445ab922a24ad090757d14616a7ab1c