Einstein and the 3-Sphere

Stephen Leon Lipscomb
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Stephen Leon Lipscomb: University of Mary Washington

Chapter Chapter 3 in Art Meets Mathematics in the Fourth Dimension, 2014, pp 25-33 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In 1917 Einstein viewed the universe (at any instant in time) as a 3-sphere. This chapter concerns Einstein’s comments surrounding the 3-sphere as expressed within his book Ideas and Opinions

Keywords: Spherical Surface; Great Circle; Euclidean Geometry; Spherical Geometry; North Pole (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-06254-9_3

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