Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2006/iii/paper-72/2/ii/a/solution

At the present epoch, define and . For flat matter plus a cosmological constant, neglecting radiation,
In an Einstein-de Sitter universe, , hence
The redshift drift is zero at , has initial slope , and decreases monotonically because . Its second derivative is , so the sketch bends downward, with at large positive redshift.

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