Re: The halved light deviation

carlip-nospam_at_physics.ucdavis.edu
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:15:57 +0000 (UTC)

Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In Appendix 3 in his "Relativity", as he explains the deviation of the
> course of light in a gravitational field, Einstein adds:

> "It may be added that, according to the theory, half of this
> deflection is produced by the Newtonian field of attraction of the
> sun, and the other half by the geometrical modification ("curvature")
> of space caused by the sun."

> Has Einstein proved this halving? Reference? The essence of the proof?

See, for example, J.G. Ellingson, Am. J. Phys. 55 (1987) 759.

Steve Carlip

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