[Authors] Krym, V. R. [Title] Problem: how to find a functional with the given energy-momentum tensor [AMS Subj-class] 83F05 Relativity and gravitational theory 35G05 Partial differential equations [Keywords] general relativity, cosmology, energy-momentum tensor (tensions tensor), partial differential equations [Abstract] The energy-momentum tensor in general relativity is the variational derivative of a given functional by the components of the metric tensor and there is an explicit formula. Yet this tensor in cosmology is calculated by some indirect method regardless of this formula. We propose a problem: how to find a functional with the given energy-momentum tensor. [Comments] LaTeX, Russian, 3 pp. [Contact e-mail] vkrym12@rambler.ru