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Simulating the universe: solving Einstein’s equations of general relativity in a cosmological setting

07 May 2017

Powerful computers are now allowing cosmologists to solve Einstein’s frighteningly complex equations of general relativity in a cosmological setting for the first time. Tom Giblin, James Mertens and Glenn Starkman describe how this new era of simulations could transform our understanding of the universe

New impressions A visualization of a curved space–time “sea” from the general-relativity simul

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