Expanding Space, Quasars and St. Augustine’s Fireworks

@article{Chashchina2014ExpandingSQ,
  title={Expanding Space, Quasars and St. Augustine’s Fireworks},
  author={O. I. Chashchina and Zurab K. Silagadze},
  journal={Universe},
  year={2014},
  volume={1},
  pages={307-356}
}
An attempt is made to explain time non-dilation allegedly observed in quasar light curves. The explanation is based on the assumption that quasar black holes are, in some sense, foreign for our Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe and do not participate in the Hubble flow. Although at first sight such a weird explanation requires unreasonably fine-tuned Big Bang initial conditions, we find a natural justification for it using the Milne cosmological model as an inspiration. 
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