New boundary conditions on the Einstein-Rosen-Bondi gravitational-wave metrics yield closed inhomogeneous universes which solve Einstein's vacuum field equations exactly. Space sections of these universes have either the three-sphere topology S³ or the wormhole (hypertorus) topology S¹S².
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