Relativity of Space-Time Geometry
Abstract
We argue that space-time geometry is not absolute with respect to the frame of reference being used. The space-time metric differential form $ds$ in noninertial frames of reference (NIFR) is caused by the properties of the used frames in accordance with the Berkley - Leibnitz - Mach - Poincaré ideas about relativity of space and time . It is shown that the Sagnac effect and the existence of inertial forces in NIFR can be considered from this point of view. An experimental test is proposed.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- June 1996
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.gr-qc/9606035
- arXiv:
- arXiv:gr-qc/9606035
- Bibcode:
- 1996gr.qc.....6035V
- Keywords:
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- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
- E-Print:
- LaTex 2.09 , Lecture given at Stefan Banach Center (Warsaw), March 1996