Can Time Exist Before the Big Bang?

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The discussion centers on the concept of time in relation to the Big Bang, questioning whether time can exist before it. It suggests that if the Big Bang marks T=0, then time could theoretically extend into negative values, indicating a pre-Big Bang state. However, the Big Bang is described as a process of expansion rather than a definitive starting event, complicating the notion of time before it. While mathematical models allow for negative time, the physical implications of such values remain uncertain, leading many cosmologists to assert that time before the Big Bang is a meaningless concept. Ultimately, the relationship between time and the Big Bang continues to be a complex and unresolved topic in cosmology.
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If we calculate Birth of Time then T= 0 or T ≠ 0.
If Big Bang cause time then should we consider Big Bang time T = 0.
But in real life we do have numbers beyond 0. Example : -1 , -2, -3 ...-1000 & so on.
We represent space-time with numbers which are infinite on both side before 0 & after 0...
so how space-time can be finite starting from Big Bang ?
Can we consider Space-time was traveling in high dimension before Big Bang.
 
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If Big Bang cause time then should we consider Big Bang time T = 0.

The Big Bang was a process, not an "event". It describes the early expansion of the Universe, not its beginning.

We represent space-time with numbers which are infinite on both side before 0 & after 0...
so how space-time can be finite starting from Big Bang ?

The same way that I can have a finite collection of objects, even though the set of natural numbers is infinite. Mind you, the infinitude of space is not an entirely settled issue.

Can we consider Space-time was traveling in high dimension before Big Bang.

I have no idea what this means.
 
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