Published December 24, 2024 | Version v1
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Redshift and the Shape of the Universe

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Hubble’s observation in 1929 that redshifts of far-away objects increase with their distance is customarily interpreted as being due to expansion of the universe, leading to the widely accepted theory of the Big Bang and a spatially flat, infinite universe. We explore an alternative model of the universe, proposed by Segal in 1972, which has geometry R × S3. It is eternal, not expanding, and is spatially curved, compact and finite, as in the Einstein static universe. Our preliminary analysis of open source datasets demonstrates that the model’s predictions are consistent with two important types of cosmological data: cosmological redshift and cosmic background radiation. With new data from the James Webb Space Telescope, verification of predictions that distinguish the standard model from Segal’s model of the universe is increasingly feasible.

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