2014
DOI: 10.12942/lrr-2014-5
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On the History of Unified Field Theories. Part II. (ca. 1930–ca. 1965)

Abstract: The present review intends to provide an overall picture of the research concerning classical unified field theory, worldwide, in the decades between the mid-1930 and mid-1960. Main themes are the conceptual and methodical development of the field, the interaction among the scientists working in it, their opinions and interpretations. Next to the most prominent players, A. Einstein and E. Schrödinger, V. Hlavatý and the French groups around A. Lichnerowicz, M.-A. Tonnelat, and Y. Thiry are presented. It is sho… Show more

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“…(11) An exact formula (a covariant one) for a torsion in higher dimension Q a μν (Γ ) with an interpretation as a polarization of gauge field induced by g μν and ab . (12) In the case of spontaneous symmetry breaking and Higgs' mechanism, i.e. for a Kaluza-Klein Theory with a dimensional reduction we get analogous formulas for L añb , L a μb in terms of a Higgs' field Φ ã a and a covariant derivative gauge ∇ μ Φ ã a of the field.…”
Section: Progress Of Physicsmentioning
confidence: 88%
“…(11) An exact formula (a covariant one) for a torsion in higher dimension Q a μν (Γ ) with an interpretation as a polarization of gauge field induced by g μν and ab . (12) In the case of spontaneous symmetry breaking and Higgs' mechanism, i.e. for a Kaluza-Klein Theory with a dimensional reduction we get analogous formulas for L añb , L a μb in terms of a Higgs' field Φ ã a and a covariant derivative gauge ∇ μ Φ ã a of the field.…”
Section: Progress Of Physicsmentioning
confidence: 88%
“…Even if fully geometrical in nature, this extension can be presented as a theory of the covariant fields F hi1...in (x) for n = 2 in the Riemannian background provided by the metric l ij (x). In this respect the theory is radically different from the Finslerian unification attempts of the past [21,22] and from the more recently proposed Finslerian spacetime theories [23,24,25,26,27,28].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 72%
“…Now, instead of the subscript R we decided here to write the subscript o. This sign associates with the circulation around the closed loop as written in the circulation integral (31). The subscript s points to existence of a scalar field S. The velocity v s is proportional to gradient of this field, S means the action function.…”
Section: Quaternion Representationmentioning
confidence: 99%