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The large number hypothesis (LNH) was proposed by Dirac1,2 in 1937; it is related to the assumptions made in Eddington’s ‘Fundamental Theory’, modified, however, by the variation of the dimensionless large numbers with time. The original version was later modified to a theory with matter creation in the expanding universe3. For a while this theory seemed to be in better agreement with empirical data; it was given up when it was shown to yield results conflicting with our present knowledge on the Moon’s surface. The present version4 does not assume matter creation; it is closer related to the original version which can again fit empirical results, because of the change of our estimate of the Hubble parameter.
This article is comprised of two independent talks given by the author under the titles given to the two sections, and put together under this title by the editors. Thanks are due to Plenum Publishers for permission to publish the second article, which appeared in Int. Jour. Theoret. Phys.
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Halpern, L. (1983). A Revival of the De Sitter Universe. In: Riazuddin, Qadir, A. (eds) Physics and Contemporary Needs. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4139-0_12
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