Assume spatial flatness, negligible radiation, separately conserved pressureless matter and dark energy, and . Let be the dark-energy equation-of-state parameter. The cosmological continuity equation givesCombining this with in the Friedmann equation yieldswith . For , the dark-energy factor is constant and this reduces to the matter-plus-cosmological constant model. Nonzero cosmological spatial curvature, radiation or energy exchange between the components requires additional terms or modified continuity equations.
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