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closed universe comparison table

Subject	has validity	has definition	has domain	has author	has synonym	has date	is a kind of	has geometry of space	has antonym
Oscillating Universe	correct or incorrect with caveats	Cosmological model in which the Universe is "closed" and its expansion is destined to stop, to be succeeded by collapse and "then" (if ordinary temporal terms may be said to apply) by a rebound into a new expansion phase.	cosmology	or reasearch group	Friedmann-Lemaitre universe	or a range of dates for which the theory was active	closed universe	positive curvature	big crunch

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