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Recovering Recovery: On the Relationship between Gauge Symmetry and Trautman Recovery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Nicholas J. Teh
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Abstract

This article (i) uncovers a foundational relationship between the ‘gauge symmetry’ of a Newton-Cartan theory and the celebrated Trautman Recovery Theorem and (ii) explores its implications for recent philosophical work on Newton-Cartan gravitation.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 85 , Issue 2 , April 2018 , pp. 201 - 224
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Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association

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Footnotes

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It is a pleasure to thank the Notre Dame Philosophy of Physics Research Group, two anonymous referees, and seminar audiences at the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor and University of Illinois at Chicago for feedback on this material. Special thanks to Karthik Prabhu for some very helpful conversations about Newton-Cartan theory.

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