Some cosmological implications and restrictions from geometry and topology of 3 and 4 manifolds

2012
4 pages
Published in:
  • AIP Conf.Proc. 1514 (2013) 1, 101-104
Contribution to:
  • Published: Feb 22, 2013

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Abstract: (AIP)
We show that the requirement of contractability and smoothness of certain 4-manifolds representing the cosmic evolution restricts the possible spatial models. In particular certain models like the Poincare sphere are excluded. Turning to the case of a fake S3Oe it is argued that the inflation can be explained by the exotic smooth structure of this 4-manifold. Finally, we discuss the exotic R4 to which we assign a gravitational instanton.
  • 02.40.Ma
  • 98.80.Jk
  • 04.65.+e
  • 98.80.Bp
  • 02.40.Re
  • cosmic acceleration
  • cosmology
  • geometry
  • supergravity
  • topology
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