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Topology and the Cosmic Microwave Background

Janna Levin

Published 2001-08-16, updated 2001-08-20Version 2

Nature abhors an infinity. The limits of general relativity are often signaled by infinities: infinite curvature as in the center of a black hole, the infinite energy of the singular big bang. We might be inclined to add an infinite universe to the list of intolerable infinities. Theories that move beyond general relativity naturally treat space as finite. In this review we discuss the mathematics of finite spaces and our aspirations to observe the finite extent of the universe in the cosmic background radiation.

Comments: Hilarioulsy forgot to remove comments to myself in previous version. Reference added. Submitted to Physics Reports
Journal: Phys.Rept. 365 (2002) 251-333
Categories: gr-qc, astro-ph
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