Inertial mass increase: Einstein and the coordinates system
Abstract
While creating his General Theory of Relativity (GR) an the subsequent Relativistic Cosmology, Einstein hoped that his new theory of gravitation would conform to Mach¿s ideas on inertia. In doing so, he calculated two important effects that should ensure GR¿s accordance with the material origin of inertia. These effects were: (A) the increase of the inertial mass of a body when matter is piled up in its neighbourhood and (B) the dragging of inertial frames. A historical and conceptual survey of (A) is presented. While frame dragging is considered a real prediction of GR, the increase of inertial mass has been rejected as a coordinate effect. A technical survey with conceptual insights is presented.
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Doctor Carl Hoefer de la Universidad Autónoma de BarcelonaReferences
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