The Apparent Fractal Conjecture

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1999-09-30

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9909093v2

Fractals 9:237-240,2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

6 pages, LaTeX. Text unchanged. Two references corrected. Contributed paper presented at the "South Africa Relativistic Cosmol

Scientific paper

10.1142/S0218348X01000646

This short communication advances the hypothesis that the observed fractal structure of large-scale distribution of galaxies is due to a geometrical effect, which arises when observational quantities relevant for the characterization of a cosmological fractal structure are calculated along the past light cone. If this hypothesis proves, even partially, correct, most, if not all, objections raised against fractals in cosmology may be solved. For instance, under this view the standard cosmology has zero average density, as predicted by an infinite fractal structure, with, at the same time, the cosmological principle remaining valid. The theoretical results which suggest this conjecture are reviewed, as well as possible ways of checking its validity.

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