Re: [Phys-l] Big Bang density

[curtis osterhoudt <flutzpah@yahoo.com>]

Supposedly, though, (mass + energy) is conserved. Numbers... not so much. 

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From: Jeffrey Schnick <JSchnick@Anselm.Edu>
To: Forum for Physics Educators <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:00:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Big Bang density

How is it that infinite density implies zero volume?  I see the density
of numbers along the real number line as being infinite but that doesn't
keep the real number line from extending to infinity in both directions.

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> bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Spinozalens@aol.com
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> In a message dated 3/11/2009 8:10:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> Anthony_Lapinski@pds.org writes:
>
> The  cover story on the current (April, 2009) issue of Astronomy is,
> Why The  Universe Had No Beginning. Astronomers claim that at this
> time,  the universe had infinite density (zero volume). 
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