Friedmann's Equation -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Friedmann's Equation

Let the pressure term go to P = 0 in the second of the cosmological equations

(1)

where R is the size scale of the universe, Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy is the curvature of the universe, c is the speed of light, is the cosmological constant, and G is the gravitational constant. Integrating gives

(2)

where C is a constant of integration. Now note that first of the cosmological equations

(3)

where is the density of the universe Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy gives the constant C as

(4)

Now, plugging (4) into (2) gives

(5)

Friedmann-Lemaître Cosmological Model


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