Abstract
One of the outstanding problems in cosmology is the presence of inhomogeneities, which are characterized by an anisotropic pressure and density distribution. Following a method developed by McVittie (1967, 1968) it has been possible to find time-dependent spherically symmetric solutions of Einstein's field equations containing an arbitrary pressure and density distribution which connect smoothly to a Friedman universe for any desired equation of state.
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Published: 1 January 1989
First available in Project Euclid: 18 November 2014
zbMATH: 0825.53026
MathSciNet: MR1020802
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