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The partition of energy in cosmical physics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

B. O. J. Tupper
Affiliation:
University of Exeter

Abstract

Eddington's energy partition in cosmical physics is discussed and the partition equations are found to have a very simple form. It is shown that the rigid-field convention leads to a triviality.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1964

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