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Cosmology

The Friedmann equation and critical density

A Newtonian expanding sphere gives H^2 = (8 pi G / 3) rho - k c^2 / a^2; the critical density 3 H^2 / (8 pi G), about five hydrogen atoms per cubic meter, makes space flat, and Omega - 1 has the sign of the curvature.

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