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Why did Einstein and others assume that the universe had no beginning?

Answer 1

In my opinion, this assumption of Einstein and others is a conjecture.

In my opinion, the end (apocalypse) is before the next beginning, in a BB - BB cycle, of period > 20 billion years. This period is for one complete 'integration - disintegration process'. As of right now, I see no beginning or end, for this vicious circle. When there is an event called the beginning of a process, there would be an event called the end of the process. In 1998, scientists of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, working on detection of Dark Energy, agreed that the end might be there.

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Answer 2

Asher Cohen

When the Big Bang theory was developed, observational evidence supporting an expanding universe led Einstein and others to reevaluate the idea of a universe without beginning. At first, they assumed a static, eternal universe to conform to the dominant scientific and philosophical views of their time.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.