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Minimal coupling, the strong equivalence principle, and the adaptation of matter to spacetime geometry

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I provide a systematic exploration of one set of precise technical conditions under which matter fields might be said to be 'adapted' to a relativistic spacetime geometry - namely, that the equations governing those matter fields be minimally coupled, quasilinear, and symmetric hyperbolic. I discuss the implications of this for the role and status of the 'strong equivalence principle' and the geometry-dynamics debate.

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Philosophy
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ORCID:
0009-0004-7077-0980


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Type of award:
BPhil
Level of award:
Bachelors
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford

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