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In this chapter we study the question which solutions of Einstein’s equations can describe the universe that we observe around us.
We consider the details of space–time geometry, such as the gravitational field of single galaxies, stars, or planes, as small perturbations of a smooth background space-time. We make some assumptions about this coarse geometry that seem reasonable today. We shall see that the consequences of these hypotheses are in remarkable agreement with many observations.
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Hájíček, P. (2008). Cosmological Models. In: An Introduction to the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 750. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78659-7_5
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