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Book SynopsisAddressing a variety of theoretical cosmological problems, and emphasizing a mathematical approach, this volume nicely complements Peebles' Physical Cosmology (Princeton Series in Physics, 1971). Ryan and Shepley have concentrated on the structure of models of the universe. By using a modern terminology that emphasizes the operator nature of vector
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Table of Contents, pg. ix*1. Cosmology: The Study of Universes, pg. 1*2. Geometry In the Language of Forms, pg. 11*3. Spacetime and Fluid Flow, pg. 40*4. Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Models: Begin with a Bang, pg. 57*5. Singularities in a Spacetime, pg. 74*6. Isometries of Space and Spacetime, pg. 96*7. Universes Homogeneous in Space and Time, pg. 118*8. T-Nut-M Space - Open to Closed to Open, pg. 132*9. The General Spatially Homogeneous Model in the Synchronous System, pg. 147*10. Singularities in Spatially Homogeneous Models, pg. 163*11. Hamiltonian Cosmology, pg. 182*12. Type I Models and Type IX Models - The Simplest and the Most Interesting, pg. 201*13. Numerical Techniques, pg. 221*14. Astrophysical Studies in Anisotropic Type I Models, pg. 237*15. Final Remarks: What Is, What Is Not, and What Should Be, pg. 260*Exercises and Problems, pg. 273*Bibliography, pg. 288*Index, pg. 316
