On a theory of electricity and gravitation

Abstract

This is the second paper by Nordstr{ö}m on his five dimensional theory. It aims at generalizing the relations $\mathbf{D}=\epsilon \mathbf{E}$, $\mathbf{B}=\mu \mathbf{H}$ of electromagnetism to the five dimensional gravito-electric theory and to show that this is consistent with the principle of equivalence. Some steps are taken toward providing a foundation for a theory of matter. Nordstr{ö}m hopes, as stated in the conclusion, to show ''that the five dimensional perspective, while still having only a formal content, may however provide footholds for further developments of the theory of gravitation, which otherwise would have been hard to find''.

Translation of the second paper by Gunnar Nordstr{ö}m on a five dimensional theory: ''Zur Elektricit{ä}ts- und Gravitationstheorie'' (1914)

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