Spacetime metric from local and linear electrodynamics: A new axiomatic scheme

Lecture Notes in Physics

Volumn 702, Issue , 2006, Pages 163-187

  Hehl, F W ^a,b   Obukhov, Y N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 33749267229     PISSN: 00758450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-34523-X_7     Document Type: Article

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