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Qualitative analysis of cosmological models in Brans-Dicke theory

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Isotropic and homogeneous cosmological models with a perfect fluid cource in Brans-Dicke theory are investigated from the point of view of dynamical system theory.

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  1. Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Pb, Brazil

    C. Romero

  2. Instituto de Física, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    H. P. Oliveira

  3. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    J. R. T. De Mello Neto

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Work partially supported by CNPq (Brazil).

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Romero, C., Oliveira, H.P. & De Mello Neto, J.R.T. Qualitative analysis of cosmological models in Brans-Dicke theory. Astrophys Space Sci 158, 229–257 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00639727

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