Newtonian gravitation in Maxwell spacetime.

This paper argues for the appropriateness of Maxwell spacetime as the minimal spacetime structure in which one may formulate a theory of Newtonian gravity. I begin by presenting an intrinsic characterization of Maxwell gravitation that, eschewing covariant derivative operators, makes use only of a s...

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Published in:	Studies in History & Philosophy of Science Part A Vol. 102; pp. 22 - 31
Main Author:	Chen, Elliott D.
Format:	Article
Published:	Elsevier B.V. Dec2023
Subjects:	Spacetime Degrees of freedom Gravity Gravitation
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