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OLBERS1 in 1826 was the first to show that the radiation density everywhere in an infinite static universe should equal the radiation density at the surface of the stars. Hence, Olbers' paradox is that the sky is dark at night.
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Olbers, H. W. M., Astronomische Jahrbuch, 110 (1926).
Bondi, H., Cosmology (Camb. Univ. Press, 1960).
Whitrow, G. J., and Yallop, B. D., Mon. Not. Roy. Astro. Soc., 127, 301 (1964) (gives references to previous work).
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HARRISON, E. Olbers' Paradox. Nature 204, 271–272 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204271b0
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