Past and Future of Cosmic Topology
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v1 Astrophysics
History and Philosophy of Physics
Abstract
In the first part I set out some unexplored historical material about the early development of cosmic topology. In the second part I briefly comment new developments in the field since the Lachieze-Rey & Luminet report (1995), both from a theoretical and an observational point of view.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9804006,
title = {Past and Future of Cosmic Topology},
author = {Jean-Pierre Luminet},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9804006},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
LateX 9 pages, to appear in Acta Cosmologica, Proceedings of "Concepts de l'Espace en Physique", Les Houches, 29 sep - 3 oct 1997