2003/08/31 by Bin Wang, Élcio Abdalla, Elcio Abdalla
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Limits and Structures in Graph Theory #Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals #astro-ph #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.69.104014
published as Phys.Rev. D69 (2004) 104014 · 4 pages. Version appearing in the Physical Review D
arxiv created 2004/02/19 · openalex publication_date 2004/05/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Based solely on the arguments relating the Friedmann equation and the Cardy formula we derive a bound for the number of e-folds during inflation for a standard Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmology as well as a nonstandard four-dimensional cosmology induced by a Randall-Sundrum-type model.