Scientists using this theory to trace our universe backward in time have found that its beginning point had a minimum volume that is not zero and a maximum energy that is not infinite.

科学家使用该理论追踪我们的早期宇宙，发现宇宙开始点拥有一个最小的体积，但是并不是零，一个最大的能量但不是无穷大。

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As the field wanes, the number of sunspots falls to a trough or minimum, at which point the sun's magnetic field reverses direction and starts to regain its strength.

随着磁场减弱，太阳黑子的数量会减少到最小值或者说最低点(波谷)，然后太阳的磁场就会反方向运动，开始重新变强。

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And minus one happens to be the value at the critical point. So, it is a minimum.

而- 1正是这个临界点处的函数值，所以，这是一个最小值。

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I'm not going to tell you what you want to do except to say, you would never pick a point below the minimum variance portfolio, right?

我不是教你怎样去组合，当然了，你不会选择一个,曲线上最小方差点以下的资产组合，对吧？

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In other words, is this a starting point or is this a minimum?

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