Complexity and the big bang. (English) Zbl 1490.83088
Summary: After a brief review of current scenarios for the resolution and/or avoidance of the Big Bang, an alternative hypothesis is put forward implying an infinite increase in complexity towards the initial singularity. This may result in an effective non-calculability which would present an obstruction to actually reaching the beginning of time. This proposal is motivated by the appearance of certain infinite-dimensional duality symmetries of indefinite Kac-Moody type in attempts to unify gravity with the fundamental matter interactions, and deeply rooted in properties of Einstein’s theory.
MSC:
| 83F05 | Relativistic cosmology |
| 83C45 | Quantization of the gravitational field |
| 81T35 | Correspondence, duality, holography (AdS/CFT, gauge/gravity, etc.) |
| 83C40 | Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions |
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