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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2002 iii Paper 71 3 a Solution by
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Separate conservation of a fluid with fixed gives , hence . The component therefore has . Flatness today fixes its normalization to , soThis is a coasting fluid: its contribution to is zero, so it does not itself drive accelerated expansion. Its background Friedmann contribution resembles curvature, although the actual spatial geometry remains flat.
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