Geodesics of two-dimensional de Sitter spacetime

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A geodesic on the embedded two-dimensional de Sitter spacetime is the intersection with a two-plane through the ambient origin. For initial point and tangent satisfying , , , its affine parametrization is when timelike, when null and when spacelike. These solve . The spacelike geodesics are closed; timelike geodesics and null geodesics extend to both conformal infinities with infinite affine length.

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