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041			_aeng
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100			_aIslam, J. N. _9898149
245		0	_aIntroduction to mathematical cosmology
250			_a2nd
260			_aCambridge, _bCambridge University Press: _c2002.
300			_axii, 248p. _b: ill.
500			_aAppendix 220-237p.; Bibliography 238-246p.; Index 247-248p.
520			_aThis book provides a concise introduction to the mathematical aspects of the origin, structure and evolution of the universe. The book begins with a brief overview of observational and theoretical cosmology, along with a short introduction of general relativity. It then goes on to discuss Friedmann models, the Hubble constant and deceleration parameter, singularities, the early universe, inflation, quantum cosmology and the distant future of the universe. This new edition contains a rigorous derivation of the Robertson-Walker metric. It also discusses the limits to the parameter space through various theoretical and observational constraints, and presents a new inflationary solution for a sixth degree potential. This book is suitable as a textbook for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students. It will also be of interest to cosmologists, astrophysicists, applied mathematicians and mathematical physicists.
650			_a Cosmology _9898150
650			_aMathematics _9898151
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