Abstract
There have been speculations that, in a bounceof a closed universe, there might be a reprocessing offundamental parameters leading to a recycling andcontinual recurrence of the universe. We suggest here some necessary, though by no means sufficient,conditions for a theory in which the growth of adissipative universe is counteracted, so that recyclingmay be possible.
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Murphy, G.L. Can the Universe Recycle?. International Journal of Theoretical Physics 37, 1327–1331 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026688123787
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026688123787