Einstein's Equivalence Principle

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Submitted: February 24, 2026
Published: Feb 27, 2026
DOI: 10.17352/amp.000179
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Equivalence principle, Inertial mass, Gravitational mass, Mach's principle, Newton's law

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BG Golovkin
Public Institute of Natural and Humanitarian Sciences. Yekaterinburg, Russia

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Based on Newton's laws and Mach's principle, formulas were derived for the quantitative interdependence of inertial and gravitational mass on Earth, other planets, and in space, explaining Einstein's equivalence principle. It was shown that gravitational mass depends on the velocity of a body in the same way as inertial mass.

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Golovkin, B. (2026). Einstein’s Equivalence Principle. Annals of Mathematics and Physics, 9(1), 044–048. https://doi.org/10.17352/amp.000179
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