The ways in which Albert Einstein and David Hilbert independently arrived at the gravitational field equations are traced. A critical analysis is presented of a number of papers in which the history of the derivation of the equations is viewed in a way that ’radically differs from the standard point of view.’ The conclusions of these papers are shown to be totally unfounded.

PACS: 01.65.+g, 04.20.Cv, 04.20.Fy (all) DOI: 10.1070/PU2004v047n06ABEH001817 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2004/6/e/ 000224250600005 2004PhyU...47..607L Citation: Logunov A A, Mestvirishvili M A, Petrov V A "How were the Hilbert-Einstein equations discovered?" Phys. Usp. 47 607–621 (2004) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Оригинал: Логунов А А, Мествиришвили М А, Петров В А «Как были открыты уравнения Гильберта-Эйнштейна?» УФН 174 663–678 (2004); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0174.200406f.0663