The hole argument for covariant theories

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1241-1252

  Iftime, M ^a   Stachel, J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential geometry; General relativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748306276     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: 15729532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-006-0303-4     Document Type: Article

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