Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity, sci.math
From: Shubee <e.Shu...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:45:08 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sat, Apr 26 2008 9:45 pm
Subject: What Einstein Learned from the Mathematicians (and not just Marcel Grossmann)
Standard accounts of Einstein's early work on general relativity
theory have stressed the role of a single mathematician, Marcel Grossmann. It was he who came to Einstein's rescue when it became clear around 1912 that generalizing special relativity in order to accommodate gravitation brought with it a number of delicate geometrical problems. Grossmann provided the hint to generalize the Minkowski metric, and also the necessary technical machinery, namely Riemannian geometry and the tensor calculus of Ricci and Levi-Civita. Indeed, the recently published Einstein correspondence from the period Many of these mathematicians that Einstein sought for help with his Shubee You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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