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The Determination of Cosmological Parameters

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We can summarise the results of the calculations of Chap. 7 for observational cosmology as follows.

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Longair, M.S. (1998). The Determination of Cosmological Parameters. In: Galaxy Formation. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03571-9_8

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