For a mode, evolve the regular superhorizon density contrast as until cosmological horizon entry. In the radiation domination approximation its entry scale is , well before matter-radiation equality. At that point use the Mészáros equation basis of d, fixing both constants by continuity of and , equivalently and .
Explicitly, for entry data and , solve
The nonzero Wronskian guarantees a unique match. This produces slow logarithmic growth before equality, then with a decaying transient after equality. For example, at , and . An abrupt match estimates the growth history; a precise amplitude requires a common gauge and the coupled relativistic perturbation equations through entry. Linear evolution also ceases to apply once approaches unity, and late dark energy further suppresses growth.