2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/36722An N + 1 dimensional quantum mechanical model for the origin of the universe results in a 58 e-fold inflation and a cosmological constant/vacuum energy density of the same order of magnitude as the critical density.To be published in International Journal of Theoretical Physics, January 2000. No figuresGeneral Relativity and Quantum CosmologyAstrophysicsHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyInflation, extra dimensions and Omega sub Lambda approximately = 1text