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Age of a closed dust universe (H0​t0​=2(Ω0​−1)3/2Ω0​(u0​−sinu0​)​)

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For an expanding pressureless matter universe with positive curvature, zero cosmological constant and present scale factor one, set u0​=arccos(2/Ω0​−1)∈(0,π). The closed matter-dominated Friedmann solution then gives the displayed age of an FLRW universe. Its flat limit is 2/(3H0​), despite the individually vanishing numerator and denominator. To see this, write δ=Ω0​−1; then u0​=2arctanδ​ and u0​−sinu0​=(4/3)δ3/2+O(δ5/2).

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