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Open and closed Robertson-Walker-type Lyttleton-Bondi universes

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The exterior field of the Robertson-Walker-type metric in the Lyttleton-Bondi universe is studied and exact solutions are obtained for closed and open universes. Only the flat space solution was previously known.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa

    S. D. Maharaj

  2. Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Durban-Westville, Durban, South Africa

    A. Beesham

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Maharaj, S.D., Beesham, A. Open and closed Robertson-Walker-type Lyttleton-Bondi universes. Astrophys Space Sci 140, 33–37 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00643525

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