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The underlying idea in Mach’s principle is that the origin of inertia or mass of a particle is a dynamical quantity determined by the environment, in particular the rest of the matter in the universe. In this article, we discuss the role of this idea in the Brans-Dicke theory of gravitation and the Hoyle-Narlikar cosmology.
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Jayant V Narlikar is a cosmologist and theoretical astrophysicist. He was a research student and a long-time collaborator of Fred Hoyle. He is the Founder Director of IUCCA and is currently an emeritus professor there. He has made strong efforts to promote teaching and research in astronomy in the universities. He has written extensively in English and Marathi to popularize science.
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Narlikar, J.V. Mach’s principle. Reson 16, 310–321 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-011-0037-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-011-0037-9