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We scrutinize the overall structure of the space of cosmological models of Bianchi type I-VII$_h$ that contain a free massless scalar field, with a spatially homogeneous gradient $\nabla_\mu \varphi$ that generally breaks isotropy, in…
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We compute the Lema{\^i}tre-Hubble diagram for axial Bianchi IX universes with comoving dust. We motivate our choice by defining a {\it minimal} symmetry breaking of the cosmological principle. This criterium admits only two possibilities:…
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In this paper, we find an example for a periodic heteroclinic chain in Bianchi $VI_{-1/9}^{^{*}}$ that allows Takens Linearization at all base points. It turns out to be a "18-cycle'', i.e. involving a heteroclinic chain of 18 different…
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