In the Discussion and Conclusion to the paper "Spontaneous creation of the universe from nothing" http://arxiv.org/pdf/1404.1207v1.pdf the authors say, "In summary, we have presented a mathematical proof that the universe can be created spontaneously from nothing." If they have a proof then they must start with axioms and undefined terms. Their "nothing" appears to have lots of properties. Perhaps they should just say what their assumptions are and avoid the word "nothing". See the book by Jim Holt http://www.amazon.com/dp/0871403595/ref=rdr_ext_tmb for some interesting riffs on the question of something from nothing including interviews with David Deutsch and others on the question. Philosophers have a field day with this business of nothingness: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nothingness/ Edwin On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Simon Plouffe <simon.plouffe@gmail.com>wrote:

Hello,

see this.

https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/ed7ed0f304a3

There is an interesting article on the concept of the universe being created from nothing,

BEst regards,

Simon Plouffe

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