Solution

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The Hubble parameter is , and
For this is positive at every , so expansion is exponential and inflationary throughout. For , acceleration begins only after
The interval is decelerating, while is the transition. Thus the model admits inflation, but not arbitrarily near its specified time origin when ; choosing parameters can place the transition early. Equivalently becomes smaller than one at the same time.

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