Agnesi weighting for the measure problem of cosmology

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Page, Don N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

inflation; initial conditions and eternal universe; quantum cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953704529     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/03/031     Document Type: Article

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