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In the context of the theory of general relativity, the universe as a whole — the subject of cosmology — is not a collection of individual, separable ‘things’, interacting with each other at distances over vast domains of space. Rather, the universe is a continuous whole, with an infinite number of distinguishable manifestations (modes).
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Sachs, M. (2004). Astrophysics and Cosmology in General Relativity. In: Quantum Mechanics and Gravity. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09640-6_8
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