The author would regard the idea that the universe inhabits a spherical geometry as（）

A．Small Groups and Governments, A Comparison of Two Economic Methods
B．Social Obligation and the Consumer: A Case Study
C．Regular vs. Irregular Systems in Economics
D．The Comparative Strength of Economics in Various Areas
E．The Triumph of Analysis in Economic Theory

A．it fails to describe space on a non-local level, complicating attempts to determine the geometrical model of the universe
B．it cannot account for the possibility that the universe may be multiply- connected instead of singly-connected
C．it yields inconsistencies in spatial topology equations, discriminating unnecessarily between the torus and the plane
D．it creates the illusion that observable space is curved, when in fact the universe may be Euclidean and planar
E．it does not provides sufficient variety in geometrical models to describe all the possible ways in which space may curve

A．illustrate that relativity theory remains a useful tool in determining the topology of the universe
B．indicate a descriptive advantage that toruses might have over Euclidean or hyperbolic universes
C．argue that empirical methods of determining the shape of the universe are invariably doomed to failure
D．suggest that the common sense behind the notion that the universe is simply- connected may be misguided
E．assert that two models of the geometry of the universe may vary in terms of observable predictions but be mathematically equivalent