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An (N + 1)-dimensional quantum mechanical model for the origin of the universeresults in a 58e-fold inflation and a cosmological constant/vacuum energy densitywith ΩΛ ≈ 1.
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Mongan, T.R. Inflation, Extra Dimensions, and ΩΛ ≈ 1. International Journal of Theoretical Physics 39, 99–104 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003699201481
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