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Classical models of a topological transition in cosmology

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Some applications of a scheme, based on the theory of spherical rearrangements, for constructing classical models of topological transitions in the general theory of relativity to cosmological models are examined. In particular, models of creation (annihilation) of open and closed universes, the transition of an open universe into a closed one, and coalescence of universes are described.

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    M. Yu. Konstantinov & V. N. Mel'nikov

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 8, pp. 32–37, August, 1984.

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Konstantinov, M.Y., Mel'nikov, V.N. Classical models of a topological transition in cosmology. Soviet Physics Journal 27, 656–660 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00893106

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