Sources of inertia in an expanding universe

• Authors: Kjell Prytz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In a cosmological perspective, gravitational induction
is explored as a source to mechanical inertia in
line with Mach’s principle. Within the standard model of
cosmos, considering the expansion of the universe and the
necessity of retarded interactions, it is found that the assumed
dynamics may account for a significant part of an
object’s inertia.

Keywords

EN

inertia; gravitational induction; Mach’s principle; cosmology; general relativity

Discipline

• 04.20.Cv: Fundamental problems and general formalism

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 1

Dates

received

27 - 8 - 2014

accepted

28 - 10 - 2014

online

9 - 1 - 2015

Contributors

author

Kjell Prytz

• University of Gavle, SE-80176 Gavle, Sweden

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/phys-2015-0016