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most citedValidity of the Einstein Hole Argument

8 citations · 9 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

physics.class-ph2023

Helmholtz Theorem and Uniqueness

Oliver Davis Johns

Vector calculus in three dimensions with a Euclidian metric is the lingua franca of classical physics, including classical electrodynamics. This article corrects some long-standing…

physics.class-ph2023

Magnetic Charge and Dyality Invariance

Oliver Davis Johns

This paper is a critical study of non-standard Maxwellian electrodynamics. It explores two important topics: the inclusion of both magnetic and electric charge to produce what it c…

physics.hist-ph2021

Is Electromagnetic Field Momentum Due to the Flow of Field Energy?

Oliver Davis Johns

Conservation laws that are based on the divergence of a second-rank four-tensor are fundamentally different from conservation laws based on the divergence of a four-vector. This ar…

physics.gen-ph2020★ 1 cited

Relativistically Correct Electromagnetic Energy Flow

Oliver Davis Johns

Detailed study of the energy and momentum carried by the electromagnetic field can be a source of clues to possible new physics underlying the Maxwell Equations. But such study has…

physics.hist-ph2019

A Spherical Version of Feynman's Static Field Momentum Example

Oliver Davis Johns

The Feynman demonstration that electromagnetic field momentum is real-even for static fields-can be made more pedagogically useful by simplifying its geometry. Instead of Feynman's…

physics.hist-ph2019

Leibniz Equivalence, Newton Equivalence, and Substantivalism

Oliver Davis Johns

Active diffeomorphisms map a differentiable manifold to itself. They transform manifold points and objects without changing the system of local coordinates used to represent those…

physics.hist-ph2019★ 8 cited

Validity of the Einstein Hole Argument

Oliver Davis Johns

Arguing from his "hole" thought experiment, Einstein became convinced that, in cases in which the energy-momentum-tensor source vanishes in a spacetime hole, a solution to his gene…