The crucible of Christendom: Roman Catholicism and the reign of Franz Joseph

This project proposes lo analyze the relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and Emperor Franz Joseph of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A careful examination of the Emperor and the Roman Catholic Church reveals the important roles that both had within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This paper argues that the Catholic Church was a vital part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and was promoted heavily by Emperor Franz Joseph

Homogeneous cosmologies with cosmological constant

Spatially homogeneous cosmological models with a positive cosmological constant are investigated, using dynamical systems methods. We focus on the future evolution of these models. In particular, we address the question whether there are models within this class that are de Sitter-like in the future, but are tilted.Comment: 10 pages, 13 eps-figures. Submitted to Phys. Rev.