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Adding the cosmological term Λ, which is assumed to be variable in this paper, to the Brans-Dicke Lagrangian, we try to understand the meaning of the term and to relate it to the mass of the universe. We also touch upon the Dirac large-number hypothesis, applying the results obtained from the application of our theory to a uniform cosmological model.
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Endō, M., Fukui, T. The cosmological term and a modified Brans-Dicke cosmology. Gen Relat Gravit 8, 833–839 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00759587
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