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Cosmological models in general relativity and brans-dicke theories: a comparison

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We review general relativistic and Brans-Dicke cosmological models of the early universe and for the present phase. Both theories render similar results, in general, as far as Mach's principle is concerned. There is some difference in the stability problem for the inflationary phase, and we point out how to test one theory against the other experimentally.

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  1. Marcelo Samuel Berman

    Present address: Departamento de Ciencias Exatas da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencas e Letras da FURJ, SC 89200, Joinville, Brazil

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Berman, M.S. Cosmological models in general relativity and brans-dicke theories: a comparison. Int J Theor Phys 29, 571–577 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00672032

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