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Comment on the big-bang singularity in the scale-covariant theory

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In a recently published article, Rahman and Banerji (1985) have shown that certain Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker cosmological models with zero cosmological constant in the scale covariant theory of Canutoet al. (1977) do not have an observable singularity of infinite density in the beginning. This is in contrast to the corresponding general relativistic models, each of which has a big-bang singularity (see, for example, Ellis, 1971). In this note we show that the cosmological models in the scale-covariant theory which have been considered as possible viable models of the Universe by Canuto and his co-workers each possesses a singularity where the energy density diverges.

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  1. Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

    A. Beesham

  2. Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Durban-Westville, Durban, South Africa

    A. Beesham

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Beesham, A. Comment on the big-bang singularity in the scale-covariant theory. Astrophys Space Sci 123, 405–407 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00653961

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