How problematic is the near-Euclidean spatial geometry of the large-scale universe?

DOI10.1007/s10701-018-0218-4zbMath1417.83022arXiv1803.05148OpenAlexW2792104807WikidataQ129159181 ScholiaQ129159181MaRDI QIDQ1735882

Marc Holman

Publication date: 29 March 2019

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.05148

zbMATH Keywords

second law of thermodynamicsinflationquantum gravitygeneral relativityinitial conditionsfine-tuninghorizon problemcosmological flatness problemFLRW solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Classes of solutions; algebraically special solutions, metrics with symmetries for problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C20) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10)

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