Consider three galaxies O,A and B with position vectors rO,rA and rB in a homogeneous universe. Assuming they move with non-relativistic velocities vO=0,vA and vB, show that spatial homogeneity implies that the velocity field v(r) satisfies
v(rB−rA)=v(rB−rO)−v(rA−rO)
and hence that v is linearly related to r by
vi=j=1∑3Hijrj
where the components of the matrix Hij are independent of r.
Suppose the matrix Hij has the form
Hij=tD⎝⎛512−151−2−15⎠⎞
with D>0 constant. Describe the kinematics of the cosmological expansion.