Closed radiation--cosmological-constant turning polynomial

If the present radiation and cosmological-constant densities are respectively $\beta$ and $1$ times the present critical density, while $a_0=1$, positive curvature givesTurning points are therefore the positive roots of $x^2-\beta x+\beta$ with $x=a^2$.

For $\beta >4$, the turning polynomial has two positive roots and its smaller root lies below $2$. A universe expanding from $a=0$ reaches that root with $H=0$ and $\dot{H}<0$, then contracts to a finite-time Big Crunch.

For $\beta =4$ and $a(0)=0$, the expanding branch isIt grows as $2\sqrt{H_{0}t}$ near zero and approaches $\sqrt{2}$ exponentially at late times.