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A class of plane symmetric dust solutions

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A class of plane symmetric solutions containing dust is considered. It is argued that, however inhomogeneous the mass distribution, matter on each plane of symmetry has no net attraction to matter on other planes. It is shown that the geodesic distance between two thin sheets of dust, separated by a particular Kasner region, is zero a finite time after the initial singularity, quickly reaches a maximum, and then decreases ast −1/3

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  1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Technology, LE11 3TU, Loughborough, Leics, UK

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Griffiths, J.B. A class of plane symmetric dust solutions. Gen Relat Gravit 27, 905–911 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02113071

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