Gowdy solution

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Gowdy universes or, alternatively, Gowdy solutions of Einstein's equations are simple model spacetimes in general relativity which represent an expanding universe filled with a regular pattern of gravitational waves.

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• Gowdy, Robert H. (2007), “Of gravitational waves and spherical chickens”, Einstein Online, <http://www.einstein-online.info/en/spotlights/gowdy_st/index.html>  – a description of the different types of Gowdy universes suitable for a general audience