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Option 1: They loop.

Option 2: They go on forever without looping.

Option 3: They end - there is some kind of boundary to spacetime.



The expansion of the space is the feature which prevents any physical process inside to distinguish between those options. Kind of a hack - make compact Universe, add expansion and it would inside look and feel indistinguishable from non-compact.


How does option 2 fit with the big bang? The obvious issue (at minimum) being accounting for the CMB.




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