On the discovery of Birkhoff's theorem

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 537-540

  Johansen, Nils Voje ^a   Ravndal, Finn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birkhoff; Jebsen

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644942696     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: 15729532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-006-0242-0     Document Type: Review

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