Monthly Archives: January 2018

General covariance, diffeomorphism invariance, and background independence

Posted on January 23, 2018 by rojefferson

My attempts to understand the significance of diffeomorphism invariance in general relativity have been hampered by the confusion surrounding active vs. passive transformations, invariance vs. (general) covariance, background independence, etc. This post comprises my ambitious attempt to settle the matter … Continue reading →

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