Action at a distance in electrodynamics and inertia
Jayant Vishnu Narlikar · 2001
This paper reviews the parallel development of electrodynamics and gravitation as direct particle theories, echoing the ideals of Ernst Mad.. It is shown that a synthesisj of Mad, s idi-M with limn two interactions Ir.nls to their better conceptual undemanding, Both interactions, however, show that the resulting framework is rc ln t lv ln t lca l ly invar iant and thus precludes instantaneous action at a distance. At the same time, they establish a strong link between the large scale structure of the universe and local phys.cs, as might be expected from an action-at-a-distance framework.