Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie

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"Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie" is Albert Einstein’s landmark 1916 paper that presents the full, mature formulation of general relativity, including the field equations describing how matter and energy curve spacetime.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf journal article
physics paper
scientific paper
author Albert Einstein
authorAffiliationAtTime Prussian Academy of Sciences
basedOn equivalence of inertial and gravitational mass
principle of general covariance
canonicalStatus standard reference for original formulation of general relativity
countryOfPublication Germany
describesTheory general theory of relativity
field general relativity
theoretical physics
historicalSignificance first complete exposition of Einstein’s general relativity
landmark paper in 20th-century physics
influenced gravitational physics
mathematical physics
modern cosmology
introduces Einstein field equations
language German
length over 40 pages
originalTitle Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie
predecessorWork Zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie
publicationDate 1916-03-20
publicationYear 1916
publishedIn Annalen der Physik
structure discussion of experimental tests
systematic derivation of field equations
timePeriod early 20th century
titleTranslation The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity
topic Newtonian limit of general relativity
Riemannian geometry in physics
bending of light by gravity
conservation laws in general relativity
covariance
curvature of spacetime
energy-momentum tensor
equivalence principle
geodesics in curved spacetime
gravitational field equations
gravitational redshift
metric tensor
perihelion advance of Mercury
tensor calculus

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