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A review of general relativistic cosmologies intended as a starting point for the more detailed discussions of the rest of the workshop is given. After a brief survey of available models, the relativistic kinematics and dynamics of cosmological models is developed. The “standard” (Friedman-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker) models are described, then the Bianchi models, and finally some inhomogeneous cosmologies.
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MacCallum, M.A.H. (1994). Relativistic Cosmologies. In: Hobill, D., Burd, A., Coley, A. (eds) Deterministic Chaos in General Relativity. NATO ASI Series, vol 332. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9993-4_11
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