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How were the Hilbert – Einstein equations discovered?

How were the Hilbert – Einstein equations discovered?

The pathways along which A. Einstein and D. Hilbert independently came to the gravitational field equations are traced.Some of the papers that assert a point of view on the history of the derivation of the gravitational field equations "that radically differs from the standard point of view" are critically analyzed.It …