Zeeman-Göbel Topologies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8398807 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adrian Heathcote (0000-0002-3898-7184, The University of Adelaide, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 247-261 |
| Publication date | 1988-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/39.2.247 |
| OpenAlex | W2324745570 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
In 1967 E. C. Zeeman argued that the Euclidean (i. e. manifold) topology of Minkowski space-time should be replaced by a strictly finer topology that was to have a closer connection with the indefinite metric. This proposal was extended in 1976 by Rudiger Göbel and Hawking, King and McCarthy to the space-times of General Relativity. It is the purpose of this paper to argue that these suggestions for replacement misrepresent the significance of the manifold topology and overstate the necessity for a finer topology. The motivation behind such arguments is a realist view of space-time topology as against (what can be construed to be) the instrumentalist position underlying some of the suggestions for replacement
Combinatorics · Connection (principal bundle) · Economics · General topology · Geometry · Manifold (fluid mechanics) · Metric (unit) · Minkowski space · Network topology · Pure mathematics · Space (punctuation) · Topological space · Topology (electrical circuits) · Computer Science · Cosmology and Gravitation Theories · Mathematics · Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories · Relativity and Gravitational Theory
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 1995 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |