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Whitrow-Randall's relation and Brans-Dicke cosmology

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When Brans and Dicke published their alternative gravitational framework, they proved that it led to Machian solutions in the static case, and for a pressureless (dust) Euclidean universe. We extend their demonstration to Euclidean and non-Euclidean models with non-null pressure, employing the perfect fluid model. We findρ andp both ∝G.

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  1. M. S. Berman

    Present address: Departamento de Ciencias Exatas da FFCL da FURJ, 89200, Joinville, SC, Brazil

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  1. Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, 32611, Gainesville, FL, USA

    M. S. Berman

  2. Institute of Physics, Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ilha do Fundão, 21945, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    M. M. Som

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Berman, M.S., Som, M.M. Whitrow-Randall's relation and Brans-Dicke cosmology. Gen Relat Gravit 22, 625–629 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00755983

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