In the case of the equations of gravitation it is the four-dimensionality and the symmetric tensor as expression for the structure of space that, together with the invariance with respect to the continuous transformation group, determine the equations all but completely.


Translated by Paul Arthur Schlipp, Albert Einstein: Autobiographical Notes (p. 85)

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In the case of the equations of gravitation it is the four-dimensionality and the symmetric tensor as expression for the structure of space that,...

In the case of the equations of gravitation it is the four-dimensionality and the symmetric tensor as expression for the structure of space that,...

In the case of the equations of gravitation it is the four-dimensionality and the symmetric tensor as expression for the structure of space that,...

In the case of the equations of gravitation it is the four-dimensionality and the symmetric tensor as expression for the structure of space that,...