Solution

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For pressureless matter and zero cosmological constant, the Friedmann acceleration equation gives . The deceleration parameter therefore satisfies the dust relation between deceleration and density, . Evaluating today,
Substitute this into the present Friedmann equation to obtain , or
In particular, , , and correspond to positive, zero, and negative spatial curvature.

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