Posted on 2007-07-09 18:42:19-07 by aschig
FOURPI discrepancy?
I was trying to calculate comoving volume for a given cosmology. Astro::Cosmology gives dv=dm^3/3 while eq 29 in Hogg's manuscript (astro-ph/9905116) says: FOURPI*dm^3/3 Even while doing astronomy, FOURPI can be a big factor ;-) Is that factor absorbed somewhere else?
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