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This English translation of the paper by H. Weyl, “Zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie”, Physikalische Zeitschrift 24, 230–232 (1923), in which he formulated the geometrical foundations of a model of an expanding Universe, has been selected by the Editors of General Relativity and Gravitation for publication in the Golden Oldies series of the journal. The paper is accompanied by an editorial note written by Juergen Ehlers and by Weyl’s brief biography compiled by Andrzej Krasiński from internet sources, with corrections provided by Weyl’s son and grandson.
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Editorial responsibility: A. Krasiński, e-mail: akr@camk.edu.pl.
An editorial note to this paper and a biography can be found in this issue preceding this Golden Oldie and online via doi:10.1007/s10714-009-0825-7.
Original paper: H. Weyl, Zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, Physikalische Zeitschrift 24, 230–232 (1923). Reprinted with the kind permission of Michael Weyl, Hermann Weyl’s son, the current owner of the publication rights. Translated by Anita Ehlers, Anita.Ehlers@t-online.de.
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Weyl, H. Republication of: On the general relativity theory. Gen Relativ Gravit 41, 1661–1666 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-009-0826-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-009-0826-6