Cosmological dynamics of fourth order gravity

Abstract

We discuss the dynamical system approach applied to Higher Order Theories of Gravity. We show that once the theory of gravity has been specified, the cosmological equations can be written as a first-order autonomous system and we give several examples which illustrate the utility of our method. We also discuss a number of results which have appeared recently in the literature.

Review submitted to a volume in honour of S D Odintsov on the occasion of his 50th birthday

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