Anna Ijjas, Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, New York University
726 Broadway, New York, NY, 10003

Articles: What if there was no big bang and we live in an ever-cycling universe?, New Scientist, August 2019; Pop Goes the Universe, Anna Ijjas, Paul J Steinhardt, Abraham Loeb, PMID: 28118351, DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0217-32
The philosopher of the Big Bounce (PDF), Big Bang or Big Bounce? Avoiding the Multiverse. A Conversation with Anna Ijjas, Jul 3, 2022
Homepage(s): CV, Falling Walls, Google Scholar

Most recent (third) email: 27 February 2023

Dear Prof. Dr. Anna Ijjas:

Is there a generally accepted definition of an inflaton or the inflaton field?

In my search, the closest thing is Wikipedia and we know that can be questioned. I don’t think there has been any consensus among those who use the term. I make reference to your work here: https://81018.com/inflaton/#3z

Thank you.

Warmly,

Bruce

PS. Is there any access to your 23 January 2023 presentation at the scientific meeting of the Royal Society, Probing the quantum origin of spacetime? Thank you. –BEC

Second email: 23 December 2022 @ 1:01 PM

Dear Prof. Dr. Anna Ijjas:

In preparation for your upcoming January 2023 talk, Probing the quantum origin of spacetime, for the Royal Society Scientific meeting, if you were to assume that those origins could involve the Planck base units and infinitesimal spheres, you might want to look at the potential role of pi (π) again: https://81018.com/csh/ https://810128.com/seen-unseen/

Best wishes, 

Warmly,

Bruce

First email: 23 December 2022 at 10:01 AM

Dear Prof. Dr. Anna Ijjas:

Lovely website — https://anna-ijjas.com/ — great continuity, symmetry and harmony!

I watched with amazement as you, Paul Steinhardt and Avi Loeb knowingly stepped well out of line to challenge the orthodoxy of the day. There is no question that you are bold, courageous, and tenacious. I say, “Congratulations on a life well lived even though you have just started out!”

You’ve said, “There is no good evidence that our universe even had a beginning….” I think that’s a finite-infinite question. You can be like Max Tegmark (MIT) and desire to throw out the concept of the infinite. I think a simple redefinition is in order.

Pi (π) best captures that tension. And, I would argue that pi is an expression of the character of infinity and perfection. So, instead of collapsing in about 100 billion years, time is redefined, space is redefined, and we can refocus our attention on first principles and the foundations of the foundations: https://81018.com/almost/ https://81018.com/foundations/ https://81018.com/csh/

I should forewarn you that this construction started in a high school!

Best wishes,

Warmly,

Bruce

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