Abstract: | According to the principle of correspondence (in HEISENBERG 's formulation) each general relativistic theory of gravitation must give a NEWTON ian representation for an isotropic cosmos with the ROBERTSON -WALKER metric. Indeed, the FRIEDMANN equations can be interpreted as the expression for the HAMILTON ian H of a closed NEWTON ian system of the cosmic fundamental particles, written in the rest-system of the center of gravity. In this HAMILTON ian H only the relative-coordinates and the relative-velocities of the particles are present and one can write H without absolute quantities but only with MILNE 's relative-quantities. The time-independence of the HAMILTON ian H = 0 is the FRIEDMANN equation. – This NEWTON ian deduction of the FRIEDMANN equation is more general than the relativistic deduction and than MILNE 's deduction for a NEWTON ian fluid, too. In the general NEWTON ian form H the parameter f M of the active mass can be an arbitrary function of the cosmic time t. The choice f = f(t), M = M(t) defines the divers modifications of relativistic cosmology. – In general relativity fM = const and M = const are resulting from EINSTEIN 's equations and from EINSTEIN 's principle of equivalence. |