Cosmology and Newtonian Mechanics

C. Callan; R. H. Dicke; P. J.E. Peebles

doi:10.1119/1.1971256

Cosmology and Newtonian Mechanics

C. Callan, R. H. Dicke, P. J.E. Peebles

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The general relativistic solution to the cosmological problem is often considered to be one of its most beautiful results. It is shown that Newtonian mechanics is quite sufficient to discuss the dynamics of the expanding universe. Furthermore, this is not a cleverly contrived classical model, or a crude nonrelativistic approximation, but a completely correct discussion of the dynamics of the expansion in a region where both general relativity and Newtonian mechanics are equally valid.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	105-108
Number of pages	4
Journal	American Journal of Physics
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1971256
State	Published - Feb 1965

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