Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 iii Paper 312 1 b ii Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
The result above gives . Since the shear is trace-free and already first order, it cannot contribute linearly to the quadratic tensor contraction . Thereforeup to second-order scalar cosmological perturbations. Combining these with the supplied spatial Ricci scalar gives the Hamiltonian constraintIts background part is the flat Friedmann equation . Subtracting that equation proves the linearized cosmological Hamiltonian constraint:Here is the energy density measured by the hypersurface normal, as required by the normal-normal projection of the Einstein field equations.