01567cz 2200229n 4500 sh2006000065 DLC 20060330110431.0 060105|| anannbabn |a ana c sh2006000065 ABAU eng DLC Arbitrary constants Arbitrary parameters Constants, Arbitrary Parameters, Arbitrary g Mathematical constants Work cat.: Sherman, W.L. Zero-density cosmological models and their applicability to the observed universe, 1965: p. 1 (A review of relativistic models of the universe and materials relating to the cosmical constant showed that this term is a constant of integration and should be retained as a necessary term in the field equations of general relativity) Webster's revised unabridged dictionary, 1996 (arbitrary constant -- an undetermined constant in a differential equation having the same value during all changes in the values of the variables) Web. 3 (arbitrary constant -- a symbol to which various values may be assigned but which remains unaffected by the changes in the values of the variables of the equation) The International dictionary of applied mathematics, 1960 (An arbitrary constant or parameter is one which has only one particular value in a given case, but may have another value in another case) James, R.C. Mathematics dictionary, 1992 (arbitrary constant -- A symbol that stands for an unspecified constant) MathWorld WWW site, Dec. 28, 2005