Asymptotics of solutions of a perfect fluid when coupled with a cosmological constant in four-dimensional spacetime with toroidal symmetry are studied.In particular, it is found that the problem of self-similar solutions of the first kind for a fluid with the equation of state, p = kρ, can be reduced to solving a master equation of the form,For k = 0 and k = −1/3 the general solutions are obtained and their main local and global properties are studied in detail.
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