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It is shown that in the framework of a conformally invariant gravitation theory, the singularity which is present in some anisotropic universes in general relativity is due to a wrong choice of conformal frame. Frames exist in which these models can be made singularity free.
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Kembhavi, A.K. Non-singular cosmologies in the conformally invariant gravitation theory. Pramana - J. Phys 7, 344–354 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02847031
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