Etymology

Ehlers-Geren-Sachs theorem

Today it means: A theorem showing that if, in a given universe, all freely falling observers measure the cosmic background radiation to have exactly the same properties in all directions (isotropic), then that universe is an isotropic and homogeneous FLRW spacetime. Full definition →

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The story

Published in 1968 by Jürgen Ehlers, P. Geren, and Rainer K. Sachs.

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