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    The Friedmann equations, also known as the Friedmann–Lemaître (FL) equations, are a set of equations in physical cosmology that govern cosmic expansion...
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    Robertson–Walker (RW), or Friedmann–Lemaître (FL). When combined with Einstein's field equations the metric gives the Friedmann equation which as been developed...
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    set of equations he developed known as the Friedmann equations. Alexander Friedmann was born to the composer and ballet dancer Alexander Friedmann (who...
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  • field equations (EFE; also known as Einstein's equations) relate the geometry of spacetime to the distribution of matter within it. The equations were...
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    {\displaystyle C\ll c} for a "cold" gas. The equation of state may be used in Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) equations to describe the evolution of an...
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    scientifically originated by physicist Alexander Friedmann in 1922 with the mathematical derivation of the Friedmann equations. The earliest empirical observation...
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    Bijunath (2008). "Adventures in Friedmann cosmology: A detailed expansion of the cosmological Friedmann equations". American Journal of Physics. 76...
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  • This is a list of equations, by Wikipedia page under appropriate bands of their field. The following equations are named after researchers who discovered...
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  • review on Raychaudhuri equations. The Meaning of Einstein's Field Equation by John C. Baez and Emory F. Bunn. Raychaudhuri's equation takes center stage in...
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    combination greatly simplifies the equations of general relativity into a form called the Friedmann equations. These equations specify the evolution of the...
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  • the Robertson–Walker scale factor, this is a key parameter of the Friedmann equations. In the early stages of the Big Bang, most of the energy was in the...
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    metric, and its time evolution is governed by the Friedmann equations. The second Friedmann equation, a ¨ a = − 4 π G 3 ( ρ + 3 p c 2 ) + Λ c 2 3 , {\displaystyle...
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    was Alexander Friedmann. Friedmann derived the expanding-universe solution to general relativity field equations in 1922. Friedmann's 1924 papers included...
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  • two formalisms lead to the same field equations for General Relativity, i.e., when f(R) = R, the field equations may differ when f(R) ≠ R. In metric f(R)...
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    Friedmann) the argument that the equations of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity implied that the Universe is not static (see Friedmann equations)...
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    matter/energy present. This relationship can be expressed by the first Friedmann equation. In a universe without a cosmological constant, this is: H 2 = 8 π...
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    ⋅ d H {\displaystyle z\cdot d_{H}} for small z. According to the Friedmann equations, we also define a dimensionless Hubble parameter: E ( z ) = H ( z...
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    months later, Karl Schwarzschild found a solution to the Einstein field equations that describes the gravitational field of a point mass and a spherical...
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    Maxwell's equations, or Maxwell–Heaviside equations, are a set of coupled partial differential equations that, together with the Lorentz force law, form...
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    "The varying cosmological constant: a new approximation to the Friedmann equations and universe model". Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 476 (1): 451–458....
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    Inflation may have provided this initial impulse. According to the Friedmann equations that describe the dynamics of an expanding universe, a fluid with...
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  • solve compared to linear differential equations. This list presents nonlinear ordinary differential equations that have been named, sorted by area of...
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    universe is poised between continued expansion and collapse. From the Friedmann equations, the value for ρ c {\displaystyle \rho _{\text{c}}} critical density...
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    directions – is one of the core assumptions that enters into the Friedmann equations. In 2008 however, scientists working on the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy...
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    discussing the physics implied by these equations since 1887. Early in 1889, Oliver Heaviside had shown from Maxwell's equations that the electric field surrounding...
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    general relativity were found by Alexander Friedmann in the early 1920s. His equations describe the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker universe, which...
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    \!} . The Friedmann equations are incorrect since they contain oversimplifications in order to make the general relativistic field equations easier to...
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    Hubble's law (category Equations of astronomy)
    was first derived from general relativity equations in 1922 by Alexander Friedmann. The Friedmann equations showed the universe might be expanding, and...
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    a specific solution of the field equations that describes the universe is the metric tensor called the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric, d...
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    {\displaystyle R_{E}} . It is the only non-trivial static solution to Friedmann's equations.[citation needed] Because the Einstein universe soon was recognized...
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