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Hoyle's steady-state cosmology and relativistic Robertson-Walker world models with a constant bulk viscosity are briefly reviewed and compared. It is shown that, although they are identifical from a purely formal point of view, the interpretation of Hoyle's model in terms of viscous dissipation would be physically unrealistic.
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Heller, M., Ostrowski, M. & Wosczyna, A. Steady-state versus viscous cosmology. Astrophys Space Sci 87, 425–433 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00648934
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