Applications of Elliptic and Theta Functions to Friedmann-Robertson-Lemaitre-Walker Cosmology with Cosmological Constant
arXiv:0908.2481
Abstract
Elliptic functions are known to appear in many problems, applied and theoretical. However, a lesser known application is in the study of exact solutions to Einstein's gravitational field equations in a Friedmann-Robertson-Lemaitre-Walker (FRLW) cosmology. We will show explicitly how Jacobi and Weierstrass elliptic functions arise in this context, and will additionally show connections with theta functions.
from lectures of MSRI summer graduate workshop: A Window into Zeta and Modular Physics, June 16, 2008 to June 27, 2008