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Gunnar Nordström

Publications and source records attributed to Gunnar Nordström.

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arXiv2007

On the possibility of unifying the electromagnetic and the gravitational fields

This is the first paper by Gunnar Nordstr{ö}m (1881--1923) on his five dimensional theory. In his summary he states: ''It is shown, that a unifying treatment of the electromagnetic and gravitational fields is possible, if one considers the four dimensional spacetime world to be a surface in a five dimensional world.'' This paper was followed by two other papers written by the Gunnar Nordstr{ö}m during the one year period 1914--1915, on the same subject, which are also made available here.

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arXiv2007

On a theory of electricity and gravitation

This is the second paper by Nordstr{ö}m on his five dimensional theory. It aims at generalizing the relations $\mathbf{D} = ε\mathbf{E}$, $\mathbf{B} = μ\mathbf{H}$ of electromagnetism to the five dimensional gravito-electric theory and to show that this is consistent with the principle of equivalence. Some steps are taken toward providing a foundation for a theory of matter. Nordstr{ö}m hopes, as stated in the conclusion, to show ''that the five dimensional perspective, while still having only a formal content, may however provide footholds for further developments of the theory of gravitation, which otherwise would have been hard to find''.

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arXiv2007

On a possible foundation of a theory of matter

This is the third paper by Nordstr{ö}m on his five dimensional theory. Here Nordstr{ö}m attempts to base a theory of matter on the energy conservation generalized to the five dimensional case. This involves a new fundamental constant related to the elementary electric charge.

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