On Friday, March 14, 2025 at 11:41:45 PM UTC-6 Alan Grayson wrote:
On Friday, March 14, 2025 at 11:03:37 PM UTC-6 Brent Meeker wrote: Except he didn't show any such thing and he generally did regard it as a force, although he saw merit in Minkowski's geometric interpretation. Brent Poor choice of a word on my part; he didn't "show" gravity wasn't a force; rather he concluded it from a thought experient of man in free fall. You can conclude this from his direct quote, which I recently read. AG In any event, I don't think there is any direct relation between the EP and the GR field equations. What apparently happened is that Einstein's conclusion that gravity isn't a force, forced him to look elsewhere for a new theory of gravity. That elsewhere turned out to be the geometry of spacetime. AG On 3/14/2025 2:59 AM, Alan Grayson wrote: Maybe the EP just showed Einstein that graity is not a force, so it must be modeled differently, possibly by geometry? AG On Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 3:37:55 PM UTC-6 Alan Grayson wrote: As precisely as possible, can anyone describe the function and value of the EP in the construction of GR? Alternatively, how are the field equations implied by the EP? TY, AG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/c217e55b-104d-4c60-8822-cb0190de764dn%40googlegroups.com.
