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Isotropic cosmological singularities in spatially-homogeneous models with a cosmological constant

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We prove well-posedness of the initial value problem for the Einstein equations for spatially-homogeneous cosmologies with data at an isotropic cosmological singularity, for which the matter content is either a cosmological constant with collisionless particles of a single mass (possibly zero) or a cosmological constant with a perfect fluid having the radiation equation of state. In both cases, with a positive cosmological constant, these solutions, except possibly for Bianchi-type-IX, will expand forever, and be geodesically-complete into the future.

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@article{arxiv.0704.2506,
  title  = {Isotropic cosmological singularities in spatially-homogeneous models with a cosmological constant},
  author = {Paul Tod},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.2506},
  year   = {2008}
}

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22 pages;