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		ghtbircshotbe 34 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Analysis indicates that the universe’s expansion i... How does an infinitely oscillating universe comply with the 2nd law of thermodynamics?

wtcactus 34 days ago [–]

It doesn’t. Either the 2nd law is incomplete or the idea of bouncing universes starting from scratch with a clear state in entropy is impossible:

https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.5513

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