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  1. May 10, 2009 #1

    Sorry!

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    It's been on my mind lately. Do we have any idea of what our universe is contained in? Whats containing it even?


    Is this question silly and not possible to know about??
     
    Sorry!, May 10, 2009
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  3. May 10, 2009 #2

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    Hi Sorry!! :smile:

    It's not contained in anything.

    Its curvature is intrinsic.

    If it's an n-dimensional universe, then it's not contained in an (n+1)-dimensional universe (or higher) …

    the universe is all there is. :wink:
     
    tiny-tim, May 10, 2009
  4. May 10, 2009 #3

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    So then how can it continue to expand? Wouldn't it need to get 'bigger' in order to keep expanding?
     
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  5. May 10, 2009 #4

    Chronos

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    Google on the 'no boundary condition'. Stephen Hawking provides a plausible explanation for a universe that is finite, but, unbounded.
     
    Chronos, May 10, 2009
  6. May 11, 2009 #5

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    ok thanks chronos
     
    Sorry!, May 11, 2009
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