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a r X i v : g r - q c / 9 4 1 1 0 4 1 v 1 1 5 N o v 1 9 9 4 CITA-94-34 Inflation from Extra Dimensions Janna J. Levin Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics Mc Lennan Labs, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7 Abstract A gravity-driven inflation is shown to arise from a simple higher dimen- sional universe. In vacuum, the shear of n 1 contracting dimensions is able to inflate the remaining three spatial dimensions. Said another way, the expansion of the 3-volume is accelerated by the contraction of the n-volume. Upon dimensional reduction, the theory is equivalent to a four dimensional cosmology with a dynamical Planck mass. A connection can therefore be made to recent examples of inflation powered by a dilaton kinetic energy. Unfortunately, the graceful exit problem encountered in dilaton cosmologies will haunt this cosmology as well. 98.80.Hw, 98.80.Cq,04.50.+h to be published in Phys. Lett B 1 I. Imagine a spacetime which is created empty. Even in the absence of matter as a source of fuel, the evolution of the spacetime can still involve interesting dynamics. The shearing and twisting of dimensions can feed each other, driving some dimensions to expand and others to contract. Suppose a universe is created initially with some spatial dimensions contracting and the others expanding. The shear of the contracting dimensions has been shown to expand the other dimensions at a humble pace [1]. The expansion of the spatial sections decelerates with time. It is the intent of this paper to present an additional possibility. The contraction of some dimensions can actually inflate the expanding space; that is, the expansion of the spatial sections can accelerate with time. Consider a universe with n extra spatial dimensions, in addition to the 3 space and 1 time dimensions we occupy. A general vacuum solution describing n such contracting dimensions and 3 expanding spatial dimensions was found nearly fourteen years ago [1]. For this solution, the 3 dimens