Galileo’s Gauge: Understanding the Empirical Significance of Gauge Symmetry

Nicholas J. Teh

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This article investigates and resolves the question whether gauge symmetry can display analogs of the famous Galileo’s ship scenario. In doing so, it builds on and clarifies the work of Greaves and Wallace (“Empirical Consequences of Symmetries”) on this subject.

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1967Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems 2004Are Gauge Symmetry Transformations Observable?2000The Empirical Status of Symmetries in Physics

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