On the possibility of unifying the electromagnetic and the gravitational fields
Abstract
This is the first paper by Gunnar Nordstr{ö}m (1881--1923) on his five dimensional theory. In his summary he states: ''It is shown, that a unifying treatment of the electromagnetic and gravitational fields is possible, if one considers the four dimensional spacetime world to be a surface in a five dimensional world.'' This paper was followed by two other papers written by the Gunnar Nordstr{ö}m during the one year period 1914--1915, on the same subject, which are also made available here.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- February 2007
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.physics/0702221
- arXiv:
- arXiv:physics/0702221
- Bibcode:
- 2007physics...2221N
- Keywords:
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- Physics - General Physics;
- Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics
- E-Print:
- Translation of Gunnar Nordstr{\"o}m's first paper on 5-dimensional ''unified'' theory 1914: ''{\"U}ber die M{\"o}glichkeit, das elektromagnetische Feld und das Gravitationsfeld zu vereinigen''