| 释义 |
> as lemmasgeneral theory of relativity The general theory of relativity (also called general relativity), proposed by Einstein in 1915 ( Ann. der Physik (1916) 49 284), extends the special theory of relativity to systems accelerating with respect to one another, postulating the equivalence of inertial and gravitational mass, and assuming that the results of the special theory must be valid in the limiting case of zero gravitational potential. It leads to a new set of equations of motion and the result that gravitational forces are a manifestation of the curvature of space-time.< |