Brown, Harvey R. and Read, James (2015) Three Common Misconceptions in General Relativity. [Preprint]

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Abstract

We highlight and resolve what we take to be three common misconceptions in general relativity, relating to (a) the interpretation of the weak equivalence principle and the relationship between gravity and inertia; (b) the connection between gravitational redshift results and spacetime curvature; and (c) the strong equivalence principle and the local recovery of special relativity in curved, dynamical spacetime.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Brown, Harvey R. harvey.brown@philosophy.ox.ac.uk Read, James james.read@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
Additional Information:	24 pages
Keywords:	weak equivalence principle, redshift, strong equivalence principle
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	Prof Harvey R Brown
Date Deposited:	31 Dec 2015 14:12
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 01:51
Item ID:	11836
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	31 December 2015
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11836

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