Solution

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Without radiation, the Friedmann acceleration equation changes sign when . The cosmological redshift satisfies , and conservation of pressureless matter gives . Hence
The expanding spatially flat model is decelerating above this redshift and accelerating below it. Positive is required for such a transition; a negative value gives no accelerated expanding epoch. If the displayed redshift is negative, the transition lies in our future.

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