From top to bottom: a spherical universe with Ω > 1, a hyperbolic universe with Ω < 1, and a flat universe with Ω = 1. Note that these depictions of two-dimensional surfaces are merely easily visualizable analogs to the 3-dimensional structure of (local) space. photo: wikipedia.org
The universe is flat, has said recently, but there are many subtleties behind this assertion. How can we tell the Universe form? It means that a 3D object to be flat? May be other interesting things to say?
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For starters, we must define the notion of "flat". Screen that look is flat and the earth is curved, for example, but we can calculate mathematically how this? A plausible answer refers to the parallel lines, for as you draw two parallel on a sheet of paper and will continue, they will be forever parallel, it is the more common definition of parallel lines.
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However, this exercise must be repeated in relation to the Earth's surface, each heading towards the north, and the shape of the curve of the Earth makes them meet at a time. Earth curbaţiei opposite that of a saddle, the surface of which parallel lines move away from each other. So you can measure "flat" structure using only parallels.
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| Slices through the Sloan Digital Sky Survey 3-dimensional map of the distribution of galaxies with the Earth at the center, an example of an experimental attempt to catalog the observable universe. photo: wikipedia.org |
However, determining the shape of the universe is a matter of cosmology, and he has a plurality of deformation, there are masses of energy and there is a close correlation between time and space. Have you ever wondered what the difference between a sphere and a cylinder? Use your schools which have drawn two parallel lines and manufactured a cylinder. Meanwhile observed parallel lines: they remain, indeed, parallel to the cylinder is flat.
This happens because there is a clear distinction between geometry and topography, and as he studied the geometry of the universe is very careful, not topography. But if the universe is indeed flat, this is met in a very distant place, which can not be observed by astronomers, because they never observed galaxies and the CMB identical intersecting.
The universe is flat, has said recently, but there are many subtleties behind this assertion. How can we tell the Universe form? It means that a 3D object to be flat? May be other interesting things to say?
For starters, we must define the notion of "flat". Screen that look is flat and the earth is curved, for example, but we can calculate mathematically how this? A plausible answer refers to the parallel lines, for as you draw two parallel on a sheet of paper and will continue, they will be forever parallel, it is the more common definition of parallel lines. However, this exercise must be repeated in relation to the Earth's surface, each heading towards the north, and the shape of the curve of the Earth makes them meet at a time. Earth curbaţiei opposite that of a saddle, the surface of which parallel lines move away from each other. So you can measure "flat" structure using only parallels.
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However, determining the shape of the universe is a matter of cosmology, and he has a plurality of deformation, there are masses of energy and there is a close correlation between time and space. Have you ever wondered what the difference between a sphere and a cylinder? Use your schools which have drawn two parallel lines and manufactured a cylinder. Meanwhile observed parallel lines: they remain, indeed, parallel to the cylinder is flat.
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This happens because there is a clear distinction between geometry and topography, and as he studied the geometry of the universe is very careful, not topography. But if the universe is indeed flat, this is met in a very distant place, which can not be observed by astronomers, because they never observed galaxies and the CMB identical intersecting
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this makes me think when early explorers thought the earth was flat. I say it is flat,we put to much thinking in are science, Just like a comment i posted before about wormholes or wind in space, gravity, tempature increases or decreases wind speed like tornado or even flushing a toilet.
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