Matter Waves and Electricity

Cornelius Lanczos
Phys. Rev. 61, 713 – Published 1 June 1942
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Abstract

Classical four-dimensional relativity gives a most natural and harmonious interpretation of the three basic phenomena of nature: gravity, electricity, and the wave structure of matter, provided that the basic assumptions of the Einsteinian theory are modified in two respects: (1) the fundamental invariant of the action principle is chosen as a quadratic instead of a linear function of the curvature components; (2) the static equilibrium of the world is replaced by a dynamic equilibrium. Electricity comes out as a second-order resonance effect of the matter waves. The matter waves are gravitational waves but superposed not on an empty Euclidean space but on a space of high average curvature.

  • Received 18 March 1942

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.61.713

©1942 American Physical Society

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Cornelius Lanczos

  • Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana

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Vol. 61, Iss. 11-12 — June 1942

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