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  2. Multiverse - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 January 2025. Hypothetical group of multiple universes Not to be confused with Metaverse. "Multiverses" redirects here. Not to be confused with MultiVersus. For other uses, see Multiverse (disambiguation). Part of a series on Physical cosmology Big Bang · Universe Age of the universe Chronology of ...

  3. Parallel universes in fiction - Wikipedia

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    A parallel universe, also known as an alternative universe, parallel world, parallel dimension, alternative reality, or alternative dimension, is a hypothetical universe co-existing with one's own, typically distinct in some way. [1] The sum of all potential parallel universes that constitute reality is often called the "multiverse".

  4. Multiverse (set theory) - Wikipedia

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    The collection of countable transitive models of ZFC (in some universe) is called the hyperverse and is very similar to the "multiverse". A typical difference between the universe and multiverse views is the attitude to the continuum hypothesis. In the universe view the continuum hypothesis is a meaningful question that is either true or false ...

  5. Multiverse (Marvel Comics) - Wikipedia

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    The Multiverse is the collection of alternate universes that share a universal hierarchy. A large variety of these universes were originated from another due to a major decision on the part of a character. Some can seem to be taking place in the past or future due to differences in how time passes in each universe.

  6. Alternative universe (fan fiction) - Wikipedia

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    An alternative universe (also known as AU, alternate universe, alternative timeline, alternate timeline, alternative reality, alternate reality, parallel universe, or multiverse) is a setting for a work of fan fiction that departs from the canon of the fictional universe that the fan work is based on.

  7. Hyperspace - Wikipedia

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    Examples include the "jump" technology in Babylon 5 and the star gate in Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). [1]: 404 [27] Just like with the very concept of hyperspace, the reasons given for such restrictions are usually technobabble, but their existence can be an important plot device.

  8. Parallel Worlds (book) - Wikipedia

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    Part I (Chapters 1–4) covers the Big Bang, the early development of the Universe, and how these topics relate to the Eternal Inflation Multiverse (Level II in the Tegmark hierarchy of Multiverses). Part II (Chapters 5–9) covers M-Theory and the "Many-Worlds interpretation" of Quantum Mechanics (Level III Multiverse). It also discusses how ...

  9. Anthropic principle - Wikipedia

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    The multiverse: Multiple universes exist, having all possible combinations of characteristics, and humans inevitably find themselves within a universe that allows us to exist. Intelligent design: A creator designed the Universe with the purpose of supporting complexity and the emergence of intelligence.