Article ID: CBB000102532

Einstein Meets Hilbert: At the Crossroads of Physics and Mathematics (2001)

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Description Drawing on recent studies and newly found sources, the present essay looks at Albert Einstein's colleague Marcus Grossmann, his critic Tullio Levi-Civita, and David Hilbert along with Hilbert's Göttingen colleagues to discuss mathematical issues at the heart of Einstein's theory of general relativity.


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Authors & Contributors
Sauer, Tilman
Blum, Alexander S.
Rocci, Alessio
Nándori, I.
Jentschura, U. D.
Wuensch, Daniela
Concepts
Physics
Relativity, general
Gravitation
Mathematics
Mathematical physics
Space
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
19th century
Institutions
Harvard University
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