On the discovery of the gravitational field equations by Einstein and Hilbert: new Materials, V.P. Vizgin, Physics-Uspekhi 44(12) 1283-1298 (2001)
Abstract. This article describes the history of discovery of the equations of gravitational field by Albert Einstein and David Hilbert in November 1915. The proof sheet of Hilbert's Lecture report, made on November 1915 and published in March 1916, rediscovered in 1917 in the archive of the university of Göttinggen, throws new light on the history of this discovery. We also discuss the early history of the general theory of relativity that led to the expression of general covariant equations of gravitational field.