Mach's principle

English Etymology Named after German physicist Ernst Mach, to whom the hypothesis is often attributed. Coined by Albert Einstein, who sought to incorporate the hypothesis into his theory of general relativity. Proper noun en physics The principle that the inertia of a body arises from its relation to the totality of all other bodies in the universe. en Mach's conjecture en 1988 J. V. Narlikar; A. K. Kembhavi Nonstandard Cosmologies Vittorio Canuto; Bruce G. Elmegreen Handbook of Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics, Volume II: Galaxies and Cosmology Gordon and Breach https://books.google.com.au/books?id=S7avUXmRTKkC&pg=PA390&dq=%22Mach%27s+principle%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrremG-c_7AhWVX_EDHVcQA4oQ6AF6BAhhEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Mach's%20principle%22&f=false 390 We now discuss a theory of gravitation and cosmology which is perhaps more strongly rooted in Mach's principle than any other theory discussed so far. en 1995 Wolfram Schommers Symbols, Pictures and Quantum Reality w:World Scientific https://books.google.com.au/books?id=jLKRkXUsIncC&pg=PA94&dq=%22Mach%27s+principle%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrremG-c_7AhWVX_EDHVcQA4oQ6AF6BAhOEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Mach's%20principle%22&f=false 94 Thus, in any case, quantum theory is based on an absolute space-time picture and, therefore, in these formulations Mach's principle is not fulfiled. The following important question arises: Can quantum phenomena be treated in accordance with Mach's principle? en 2010 David S. Oderberg ‘Whatever is Changing is Being Changed by Something Else’: A Reappraisal of Premise One of the First Way John Cottingham; Peter Hacker Mind, Method, and Morality w:Oxford University Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=4rsomhwFlVEC&pg=PA152&dq=%22Mach%27s+principle%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrremG-c_7AhWVX_EDHVcQA4oQ6AF6BAhbEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Mach's%20principle%22&f=false 152 This is most famously embodied in Mach's Principle (so named by Einstein), which in its simplest form states that 'mass there influences inertia here'. More formally, it says that inertia is causally determined by the large-scale distribution of matter in the universe. Translations principle in physics Catalan: ca principi de Mach m Finnish: fi Machin periaate German: de Machsches Prinzip n, de Mach-Prinzip n Italian: it principio di Mach m Further reading Absolute rotation Frame-dragging en eponyms