> > As I recall it, Vic later recanted his earlier idea that the AoT reversed > if the universe began to re-contract. > > I think that was Hawking.
I think it was Gold who proposed the idea of a universe where the AOT reverses in contraction phase. It's a logical outcome of view that AOT derives from expansion, although there may be some symmetry breaking that forces one "pole" of the universe to be the bang and one the crunch. Plus gravitational collapse appears to create a separate AOT that messes with the whole thing (smooth "initial" state and chaotic "final" one - something to do with the Ricci and Weyl tensors or something, Brent will tell me I hope!) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
