Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2021/iii/paper-310/4/d/solution

The supplied superhorizon evolution equation is
For an adiabatic cosmological perturbation, , so and the comoving curvature perturbation is conserved on superhorizon scales.
For photons and cold dark matter, put , , and use , , and . Then
The cosmological entropy perturbation implies , so the adiabatic part cancels and
Since , the curvature evolves as
In the sign convention requested in the question, , this means

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