A closed universe contains black-body radiation, has a positive cosmological constant Λ, and is governed by the equation
a2a˙2=a4Γ−a21+3Λ,
where a(t) is the scale factor and Γ is a positive constant. Using the substitution y=a2 and the boundary condition y(0)=0, deduce the boundary condition for y˙(0) and show that
y¨=34Λy−2
and hence that
a2(t)=2Λ3[1−cosh(34Λt)+λsinh(34Λt)]
Express the constant λ in terms of Λ and Γ.
Sketch the graphs of a(t) for the cases λ>1 and 0<λ<1.