open universe

cosmology

Also known as: unbound universe

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In cosmology: Friedmann-Lemaître models
…as negatively curved spaces (“open” universes). The difference between the approaches of Friedmann and Lemaître is that the former set the cosmological constant equal to zero, whereas the latter retained the possibility that it might have a nonzero value. To simplify the discussion, only the Friedmann models are considered…
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In cosmology: Bound and unbound universes and the closure density
The different separation behaviours of galaxies at large timescales in the Friedmann closed and open models and the Einstein–de Sitter model allow a different classification scheme than one based on the global structure of space-time. The alternative way of…
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