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David Hilbert, for one, was apparently close. That said, I feel that it is a bit of a stretch to call it obvious (maybe more obvious in the sense of "this is th
by mannykannot 4y ago
David Hilbert, for one, was apparently close. That said, I feel that it is a bit of a stretch to call it obvious (maybe more obvious in the sense of "this is the way to go" rather than that the answer was obvious.)
- mr_mitm 4y agoFrom what I remember, Hilbert actually got the equations first by applying the principle of least action, so a much more mathematical than Einstein's physical approach. However, everybody agreed that Einstein did all the heavy lifting (he worked closely with mathematicians for years to figure things out), so that's why they aren't called the Einstein-Hilbert equations.