Geometrical order-of-magnitude estimates for spatial curvature in realistic models of the universe

DOI10.1007/s10714-009-0828-4zbMath1177.83135arXiv0906.0134MaRDI QIDQ1037285

George F. R. Ellis, Henk van Elst, Thomas Buchert

Publication date: 16 November 2009

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0134

zbMATH Keywords

structure formation; spatial curvature; relativistic cosmology; inhomogeneous models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83F05: Relativistic cosmology

83E05: Geometrodynamics and the holographic principle

83C25: Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory

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