Milestones of general relativity: Hubble's law (1929) and the expansion of the universe

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/32/12/124002zbMATH Open1320.83007arXiv1504.03606OpenAlexW3104268990MaRDI QIDQ5264441FDOQ5264441

Authors: Malcolm A. H. MacCallum 

Publication date: 27 July 2015

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Hubble's announcement of the magnitude-redshift relation cite{Hub29} brought about a major change in our understanding of the Universe. After tracing the pre-history of Hubble's work, and the hiatus in our understanding which his underestimate of distances led to, this review focuses on the development and success of our understanding of the expanding universe up to the present day, and the part which General Relativity plays in that success.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.03606

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zbMATH Keywords

expansioncosmologymagnitude-redshift

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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