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From: Ned Wright <wright@astro.UCLA.EDU>
To: Aleta Cox <acox@mail.fm>
Date: Friday, April 28, 2000 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: CBR Flat universe


Sam,

Your eyes don't deceive you.  The best fit has Omega_total slightly higher
than unity.  But I am more impressed that the error bars came down by a
factor of three and still include Omega_total = 1.  Your opinion may vary.

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On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Aleta Cox wrote:

> Hi Ned:
>
> I'm Sam Cox, the professor working with UNC on the Einsteinian
> Hyperspherical Universe project. I've already contacted UNC Astronomy
> about this, but I wanted to ask you. What about these recently publicised
> results talking about Euclidian space in the universe? I've been reviewing
> the data carefully and it is not bisected by the omega 1.0 line. Am I
> cross-eyed? Just a casual glance tells me the data supports an omega
> slightly greater than 1.0....perfect for the GR cosmology. Thanks for your
> input!
> Sam Cox...College of Micronesia
>