Time as a Cosmological Phenomenon
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2025-12-11 v3 History and Philosophy of Physics
Abstract
We show that the arrow of time is intimately related to the geometry and topology of the whole universe, and is therefore best understood as a cosmological phenomenon.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2508.01803,
title = {Time as a Cosmological Phenomenon},
author = {Andrea Palessandro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.01803},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
Several clarifications. Included a brief discussion on singularity theorems in the Lambda>0 case