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"three-dimensional sphere" ? =

In the text "three-dimensional sphere" links to the article on "3-sphere" and I suggest to change "three-dimensional sphere" to "3-sphere" because the former suggests to actually be a 2-sphere, i.e. a 2-dimensional "equidistance-object" embedded in 3D. --46.91.59.169 (talk) 13:31, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Singularity?

@Mokurai: A recent edit removed a reference to the initial singularity with a comment mentioning Quantum Mechanics. I believe that the literature describe the big bang from a classical General Relativity perspective, especially in the early days, and that no definitive answer will be available until there is a viable Quantum Gravity theory. Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 12:45, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 21 July 2024

It has been proposed in this section that Inflation (cosmology) be renamed and moved to Cosmic inflation.

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Inflation (cosmology) → Cosmic inflation – Reasoning:

Natural disambiguation is generally preferred over parenthetical disambiguation
"Cosmic inflation" is natural, with widespread use in both reliable sources and popular sources, especially in titles and first mention
"Cosmic inflation" is more concise
"Cosmic inflation" beats "Cosmological inflation" in all measures of popularity (book ngrams, search trends, unpiped links)

Previous move discussion (2008–2009)

— Jruderman (talk) 12:57, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]