Gravitation as an Inertial Process
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Gravitation as an Inertial Process |
| Read in full | Link to paper |
| Author(s) | David F Roscoe |
| Keywords | Gravitation, Inertial Process |
| Published | 1988 |
| Journal | Apeiron |
| Volume | 1 |
| Number | 3 |
| No. of pages | 6 |
| Pages | 1-13 |
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Abstract
According to our common experience all our useful concepts of space and time are absolutely correlated with the existence and evolution of matter. This statement represents a qualitative definition of the strong interpretation of Mach's Principle (SIMP), and the primary purpose of the presented paper is to derive a formal quantitative expression of it. This purpose is achieved by a careful consideration of the "inertial" concept, and the resulting formalism is a description of inertial processes given in terms of relations between our concepts of spacetime and our concepts of inertial matter. Thus, for example, the formalism suggests an understanding of the origin of "inertial forces", which is directly analogous to our understanding of the electromagnetic force exerted on charged particles by electromagnetic fields.
