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The Planck Scale in the Universe

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Extending the result of a previous paper, wherein elementary particles were considered to be an array of Planck scale oscillators, we show that the universe itself is the normal mode of a set of Planck scale oscillators.

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  1. International Institute for Applicable Mathematics, Information Sciences, Hyderabad, India

    B. G. Sidharth

  2. B.M. Birla Science Centre, Adarsh Nagar, Hyderabad 500 063, India

    B. G. Sidharth

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Sidharth, B.G. The Planck Scale in the Universe. Found Phys Lett 17, 503–506 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:FOPL.0000042701.61554.4c

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