`ISRN Mathematical PhysicsVolume 2012 (2012), Article ID 704612, 11 pageshttp://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/704612`
Research Article

Viscous Bianchi Type I Universe with Stiff Matter and Decaying Vacuum Energy Density

1Department of Mathematics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur 302004, India
2Department of Mathematical Sciences, A. P. S. University, Rewa 486003, India

Received 11 April 2012; Accepted 7 May 2012

Academic Editors: S. C. Lim and M. Rasetti

Copyright © 2012 Raj Bali et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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