Relativistic cosmology 1999: Issues and problems

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1135-1158

  Ellis, George F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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Cosmological models

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EID: 0034348581     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001934013797     Document Type: Article

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