The basic workings of inflationary models are summarized, along with the arguments that strongly suggest that our universe is the product of inflation. I describe the quantum origin of density perturbations, giving a heuristic derivation of the scale invariance of the spectrum and the leading corrections to scale invariance. The mechanisms that lead to eternal inflation in both new and chaotic ...

We relate the Eternal Symmetree model of Harlow, Shenker, Stanford, and Susskind to constructions of stochastic processes related to quantum statistical mechanical systems on Cuntz– Krieger algebras. We extend the eternal inflation model from the Bruhat–Tits tree to quotients by p-adic Schottky groups, again using quantum statistical mechanics on graph algebras.

Cosmological inflation, if it occurred, radically alters the picture of the ‘big bang’, which would merely point to reheating at the end of inflation. Moreover, this reheating may be only local so that inflation continues elsewhere and forever, continually spawning big-bang-like regions. This chapter reviews this idea of ‘eternal inflation’, then focuses on what this may mean for the ultimate b...

Accents are local events that attract a listener’s attention and are either evident from the score (immanent) or added by the performer (performed). Immanent accents are associated with grouping, meter, melody, and harmony. In piano music, performed accents involve changes in timing, dynamics, articulation, and pedaling; they vary in amplitude, form, and duration. Performers tend to “bring out”...

This paper describes a numerical method for examining similarities among tempo and loudness features extracted from recordings of the same musical work and evaluates its effectiveness compared to Pearson correlation. Starting with correlation at multiple timescales, other concepts such as a performance “noise-floor” are used to generate measurements which are more refined than correlation alone...

Although online communities often regard membership growth as an important goal of their development, research has shown that large influx of new users may interrupt a community’s wellness by introducing information overload and lowering content quality [1], [2], which is also know as “Eternal September”1 from the infamous case of Usenet’s fall[3]. Founded in 2005, Reddit, as one of the most po...

“Eternal inflation” is often confused with “chaotic inflation”. Moreover, the term “chaotic inflation” is being used in three different meanings (all of them unrelated to eternal inflation). I make some suggestions in an effort to untangle this terminological mess. I also give a brief review of the origins of

in descartes theological writing, he promotes two jointly puzzling theses: t1) god freely creates the eternal truths (i.e. the creation doctrine) and t2) the eternal truths are necessarily true. according to t1 god freely chooses which propositions to make necessary, contingent and possible. however the creation doctrine makes the acceptance of t2 tenuous for the creation doctrine implies that ...

This article is a follow-up of an that describes the proponents eternal functional subordination (EFS). evangelical movement was introduced by George Knight in 1977. The EFS refers to relationship between God Father and Son as authoritative position held Father, while occupies subordinated position. not mainline Protestant churches. find origin their premise Bible well tradition early church. J...