On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 7:53:29 AM UTC-6, John Clark wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 8:43 AM Lawrence Crowell <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > *> The accelerated expansion does not imply an open universe. The dS >> spacetime permits closed S^3 spherical spatial worlds. * > > > But a De Sitter universe contains no matter, normal or dark, that's not > the sort of universe we live in. > > John K Clark >
It is approximately the case, and maybe closer is the FLRW. As the universe expands it will asymptote to these configurations. It is then possible to have an expanding accelerated cosmos that is spherically closed. LC -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/f5ce778e-6c0d-4426-85f0-9b44fba6276a%40googlegroups.com.
