Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2005/ii/paper-2/15d/c/solution

For , introduce conformal time by . Since , the constraint becomes
On the initial expanding branch, separate variables and choose at the Big Bang. With ,
The second formula follows by integrating . The model reaches maximum size at and recollapses at .
Today and selects the expanding branch, so
Substitution yields the requested age
In particular the numerator is , not ; the PDF displays the former. The flat-model limit is .

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