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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 ii Paper 4 37C a i Solution by
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For the Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker metric in Cartesian spatial coordinates, the only time-dependent components are . The Christoffel symbol formula therefore givesSubstituting these into the definition of the Ricci tensor givesThus, with no summation over , the requested components are , , and .
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