Modern Mathematical Models of Time and their Applications to Physics and Cosmology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-v

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2. The Redshift Critical Properties of the Universe Statistical Methods

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. The Redshift

      1. The Pair of X-ray Sources across NGC 4258: Its Relation to Intrinsic Redshifts, Ejection and Quantization

         • Halton Arp

         Pages 9-22

      2. A Fresh Look at Discordant Redshift Galaxies in Compact Groups

         • Jack W. Sulentic, J. Brett Smith

         Pages 23-28

      3. Evidence for Quantized and Variable Redshifts in the Cosmic Background Rest Frame

         • W. G. Tifft

         Pages 29-56

      4. Testing for Quantized Redshifts. I. The Project

         • W. M. Napier, B. N. G. Guthrie

         Pages 57-63

      5. The Distribution of Galaxy Pair Redshifts

         • T. E. Nordgren, Y. Terzian, E. E. Salpeter

         Pages 65-71

   3. Critical Properties of the Universe

      1. Density Fluctuations on Super-Hubble Scales

         • Li-Zhi Fang, Yi-Peng Jing

         Pages 73-80

      2. The Challenge of Large-Scale Structure

         • S. A. Gregory

         Pages 81-88

      3. Electric Space: Evolution of the Plasma Universe

         • Anthony L. Peratt

         Pages 89-103

      4. Gamma-Ray Bursts: Should Cosmologists Care?

         • J. G. Laros

         Pages 105-109

   4. Statistical Methods

      1. Testing for Quantized Redshifts. II. The Local Supercluster

         • W. M. Napier, B. N. G. Guthrie

         Pages 111-126

      2. Power Spectrum Analysis and Redshift Data

         • W. I. Newman, Y. Terzian

         Pages 127-141

      3. Statistical Analysis of the Occurrence of Periodicities in Galaxy Redshift Data

         • W. J. Cocke, C. L. Devito, A. Pitucco

         Pages 143-157

      4. Zooming in on the Redshift Problem

         • P. A. Sturrock

         Pages 159-166

3. The Approaches to Cosmology Gravitation and Time in General Relativity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167

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   2. New Approaches to Cosmology

      1. Two Universes

         • G. Burbidge

         Pages 169-176

      2. Anomalous Redshifts and the Variable Mass Hypothesis

         • Jayant V. Narlikar

         Pages 177-186

      3. Three-Dimensional Quantized Time in Cosmology

         • W. G. Tifft

         Pages 187-210

   3. Gravitation and Time in General Relativity

      1. The Stress-Energy Tensor and the Deflection of Light in 6-Dimensional General Relativity

         • W. J. Cocke

         Pages 211-218

The nature of time has long puzzled physicists and philosophers. Time potentially has very fundamental yet unknown properties. In 1993 a new model of multi-dimensional time was found to relate closely to properties of the cosmological redshift. An international conference was subsequently convened in April 1996 to examine past, current and new concepts of time as they relate to physics and cosmology. These proceedings incorporate 34 reviews and contributed papers from the conference. The major reviews include observational properties of the redshift, alternative cosmologies, critical problems in cosmology, alternative viewpoints and problems in gravitation theory and particle physics, and new approaches to mathematical models of time. Professionals and students with an interest in cosmology and the structure of the universe will find that this book raises critical problems and explores challenging alternatives to classical viewpoints.

• Cosmology
• Gravity
• Potential
• Relativity
• Universe
• general relativity

• Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

  W. G. Tifft, W. J. Cocke

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