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Gergely Székely

Main fields of Interest:
  • Logic foundations of space-time theories
  • Special and General Relativity
  • Causal structures

  • Curriculum vitae [pdf]
  • List of publications [pdf] [html]

e-mail: turms(at)renyi.hu


Teaching: BME, ELTE, NKE/ZMNE
PhD thesis (2009)
First-Order Logic Investigation of Relativity Theory with an Emphasis on Accelerated Observers , ELTE University, 152pp., =>[pdf]

Selected publications (a more complete list):

  1. A logic road from special relativity to general relativity  =>[springer] =>[arXiv] =>[pdf]
    Synthese, Online first. Coauthors: H. Andréka, J. X. Madarász and I. Németi.

  2. A Geometrical Characterization of the Twin Paradox and its Variants  =>[springer] =>[arXiv] =>[pdf]
    Studia Logica 95 1-2, 2010, pp.161-182., Special Issue: The Contributions of Logic to the Foundations of Physics

  3. On Why-Questions in Physics,  =>[springer] =>[pdf]
    In: The Vienna Circle in Hungary; A. Máté, M. Rédei, F. Stadler, (Eds.) Springer-Verlag; Wien; 2011; pp.181-189.

  4. Axiomatizing relativistic dynamics without conservation postulates =>[springer] =>[arXiv]
    Studia Logica 89 2, pp.163-186 (2008). Coauthors: H. Andréka, J. X. Madarász and I. Németi.

  5. Twin Paradox and the logical foundation of relativity theory =>[springer] =>[arXiv]
    Found. Phys. 36 5, pp.681-714 (2006). Coauthors: J. X. Madarász and I. Németi.