From Big Crunch To Big Bang - Is It Possible?

Abstract

We discuss the possibility of a transition from a contracting flat space - big crunch - to an expanding flat space - big bang.

12 pages, Talk given at the Francqui Colloquium, 2001, ``Strings and Gravity: Tying the Forces Together.''

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