ALL UNIVERSES GREAT AND SMALL

DOI10.1142/S0218271801001554MaRDI QIDQ3376514zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John D. Barrow, Hideo Kodama

Publication date 23 March 2006

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0105049

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: If the topology of the universe is compact we show how it significantly changes our assessment of the naturalness of the observed structure of the universe and the likelihood of its present state of high isotropy and near flatness arising from generic initial conditions. We also identify the most general cosmological models with compact space.

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