Einstein’s physical chronogeometry

  1. Mario Bacelar Valente
Revista:
Manuscrito: revista internacional de filosofía

ISSN: 0100-6045

Año de publicación: 2017

Volumen: 40

Número: 1

Páginas: 241-278

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1590/0100-6045.2017.V40N1.MV DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Manuscrito: revista internacional de filosofía

Resumen

ABSTRACT In Einstein’s physical geometry, the geometry of space and the uniformity of time are taken to be non-conventional. However, due to the stipulation of the isotropy of the one-way speed of light in the synchronization of clocks (or definition of simultaneity), as it stands, Einstein’s views do not seem to apply to the whole of the Minkowski space-time. In this work we will see how Einstein’s views can be applied to the Minkowski space-time. In this way, when adopting Einstein’s views, chronogeometry is a physical chronogeometry.

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