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The Bianchi classification in the Schücking-Behr approach. (English) Zbl 1016.83004

Summary: The historical development of the Bianchi classification of homogeneous cosmological models is described with special emphasis on the contributions by Schücking and Behr.

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83-03 History of relativity and gravitational theory
83F05 Relativistic cosmology
01A60 History of mathematics in the 20th century
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