Mathematics has played a big role in understanding the subatomic particles which form the matter of living things, planets and stars.
Second, geometers have been working with physicists and astronomers to understand the geometry of the space we live in..
A cosmological model, or simply cosmology, provides a description of the largest-scale structures and dynamics of the universe and allows study of fundamental questions about its origin, structure, evolution, and ultimate fate..
This still leaves room for discovering that Ne 6 = 3:046, which is one of the avenues in which cosmology could discover new physics beyond the Standard Model. 17For m < 0:2 eV, neutrinos are relativistic at recombination. of tritium -decay, in fact, nd that P m ;i < 6 eV.
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Most cosmological uids can be parameterised in terms of a constant equation of state:
If, due to our philosophical prejudices, we really want a static solution, we need to introduce an additional uid with + 3P < 0 which has repulsive gravity, to counter the attraction of the ordinary matter.
A cosmological constant ( + P = 0) is just such a component.
In this case, the Friedmann equations become, setting P = 0 for the matter, .
