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Einstein-de Sitter round-trip message time (tn​=t0​[1+n(1−(1+z)−1/2)]3)

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For two comoving observers in an Einstein-de Sitter universe, light observed at redshift z today fixes their separation through the past null geodesic. A newly sent signal needs the same comoving distance for every one-way leg. Since a=(t/t0​)2/3, each leg adds a fixed conformal time interval, producing the displayed reception time after n legs when replies are immediate. At z=1 the first round-trip wait is [(3−2​)3−1]t0​. There is no finite count limit because future conformal time diverges, though infinitely many legs require infinite cosmic time.

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  • Past exam of the general relativity and cosmology course of the University of Oxford / 2018 / 3 / d / Solution

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