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In standard cosmology, the existence of an initial space-like big-bang singularity is, to a large extent, independent of the model, and in fact one can show that, under general assumptions, a singularity in the cosmological past is inevitable [1]. Attempts to solve the cosmological singularity problem lead to the pre big-bang scenario conjecture [2], motivated by the existence of a minimum distance in string theory.
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Cornalba, L., Costa, M. (2003). A Resolution Of The Cosmological Singularity With Orientifolds. In: Baulieu, L., Rabinovici, E., Harvey, J., Pioline, B., Windey, P. (eds) Progress in String, Field and Particle Theory. NATO Science Series, vol 104. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0211-0_17
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