On the Origin of Time and the Universe

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We present a novel solution to the low entropy and arrow of time puzzles of the initial state of the Universe.

• Our approach derives from the physics of a specific generalization of Matrix theory put forth in earlier work as the basis for a quantum theory of gravity.
• The particular dynamical state space of this theory, the infinite dimensional analogue of the Fubini-Study metric over a complex non-linear Grassmannian, has recently been studied by Michor and Mumford.
• The geodesic distance between any two points on this space is zero.