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Gravitation and cosmic expansion in conformal space-time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Feza Gürsey  and
H. Bondi
Feza Gürsey
Affiliation:
Physics DepartmentUniversity of Istanbul
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Abstract

A simple theory of gravitation is formulated in conformal Riemannian space-time. The metric is determined by a scalar function which satisfies a linear equation. A conclusion in favour of Einstein's general tensor theory is drawn from a discussion of the corrections to the Newtonian theory for purely gravitational phenomena. Finally the theory is applied to the cosmological problem and especially to the possibility of a steady-state universe. The velocity-distance law is shown to be compatible with a constant uniform distribution of matter without the need of artificial assumptions.

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Research Article
Information
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , April 1953 , pp. 285 - 291
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1953

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