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Scale Invariance in a Perturbed Einstein-de Sitter Cosmology
This paper seeks to check the validity of the "apparent fractal conjecture"
(Ribeiro 2001ab: gr-qc/9909093, astro-ph/0104181), which states that the
observed power-law behaviour for the average density of large-scale
distribution of galaxies arises when some observational quantities, selected by
their relevance in average density profile determination, are calculated along
the past light cone. Implementing these conditions in the proposed set of
observational relations profoundly changes the behaviour of many observables in
the standard cosmological models. In particular, the average density becomes
observationally inhomogeneous, even in the spatially homogeneous spacetime of
standard cosmology, change which was already analysed by Ribeiro (1992b, 1993,
1994, 1995: astro-ph/9910145) for a non-perturbed model. Here we derive
observational relations in a perturbed Einstein-de Sitter cosmology by means of
the perturbation scheme proposed by Abdalla and Mohayaee (1999:
astro-ph/9810146), where the scale factor is expanded in power series to yield
perturbative terms. The differential equations derived in this perturbative
context, and other observables necessary in our analysis, are solved
numerically. The results show that our perturbed Einstein-de Sitter cosmology
can be approximately described by a decaying power-law like average density
profile, meaning that the dust distribution of this cosmology has a scaling
behaviour compatible with the power-law profile of the density-distance
correlation observed in the galaxy catalogues. These results show that, in the
context of this work, the apparent fractal conjecture is correct.Comment: 18 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX. Final version (small changes in the figure
plus some references update). Fortran code included with the LaTeX source. To
be published in "Fractals
The Apparent Fractal Conjecture
This short communication advances the hypothesis that the observed fractal
structure of large-scale distribution of galaxies is due to a geometrical
effect, which arises when observational quantities relevant for the
characterization of a cosmological fractal structure are calculated along the
past light cone. If this hypothesis proves, even partially, correct, most, if
not all, objections raised against fractals in cosmology may be solved. For
instance, under this view the standard cosmology has zero average density, as
predicted by an infinite fractal structure, with, at the same time, the
cosmological principle remaining valid. The theoretical results which suggest
this conjecture are reviewed, as well as possible ways of checking its
validity.Comment: 6 pages, LaTeX. Text unchanged. Two references corrected. Contributed
paper presented at the "South Africa Relativistic Cosmology Conference in
Honour of George F. R. Ellis 60th Birthday"; University of Cape Town,
February 1-5, 199
AGM-Like Paraconsistent Belief Change
Two systems of belief change based on paraconsistent logics are introduced in this article by means of AGM-like postulates. The first one, AGMp, is defined over any paraconsistent logic which extends classical logic such that the law of excluded middle holds w.r.t. the paraconsistent negation. The second one, AGMo , is specifically designed for paraconsistent logics known as Logics of Formal Inconsistency (LFIs), which have a formal consistency operator that allows to recover all the classical inferences. Besides the three usual operations over belief sets, namely expansion, contraction and revision (which is obtained from contraction by the Levi identity), the underlying paraconsistent logic allows us to define additional operations involving (non-explosive) contradictions. Thus, it is defined external revision (which is obtained from contraction by the reverse Levi identity), consolidation and semi-revision, all of them over belief sets. It is worth noting that the latter operations, introduced by S. Hansson, involve the temporary acceptance of contradictory beliefs, and so they were originally defined only for belief bases. Unlike to previous proposals in the literature, only defined for specific paraconsistent logics, the present approach can be applied to a general class of paraconsistent logics which are supraclassical, thus preserving the spirit of AGM. Moreover, representation theorems w.r.t. constructions based on selection functions are obtained for all the operations
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