VELOCITY DEPENDENT INERTIAL INDUCTION - A POSSIBLE MECHANISM FOR COSMOLOGICAL RED-SHIFT IN A QUASI-STATIC INFINITE UNIVERSE

The paper shows that a phenomenological model of inertial induction ba sed on a proposed extension of Mach's Principle can produce the observ ed cosmological red shift in a quasi-static infinite universe. Unlike all other theories (except the Doppler effect) to explain the observed red shift this model can be verified from other local effect predicte d by this mechanism. A number of such phenomena have been investigated and these expected effects are not only found to be present but they also explain a number of unexplained or ill explained observational re sults. It is suggested that attempts should be made to verify the mode l through further tests and observations.