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44 - Ω = 1: Flat (Euclidean) geometry
45 - Ω > 1: Positive curvature (closed, spherical)
46 - Ω < 1: Negative curvature (open, hyperbolic) -/
47structure DensityParameter where
48 value : ℝ
49 uncertainty : ℝ
50 value_pos : value > 0
51
52/-- Current observation: Ω = 1.0000 ± 0.0002 -/
53noncomputable def omega_observed : DensityParameter := {
54 value := 1.0,
55 uncertainty := 0.0002,
56 value_pos := by norm_num
57}
58
59/-- The critical density at the current epoch.
60
61 ρ_c = 3H₀²/(8πG) ≈ 9.5 × 10⁻²⁷ kg/m³
62
63 This is incredibly dilute: about 5 hydrogen atoms per cubic meter! -/
64noncomputable def critical_density : ℝ :=
65 -- H₀ ~ 70 km/s/Mpc ~ 2.3e-18 s⁻¹
66 3 * (2.3e-18)^2 / (8 * Real.pi * G)
67
68/-! ## Why Is Flatness A Problem? -/
69
70/-- The equation for Ω evolution:
71
72 |Ω - 1| ∝ a²(t) in radiation domination
73 |Ω - 1| ∝ a(t) in matter domination
74
75 So deviations from 1 GROW with time!
76 Ω = 1 is an unstable equilibrium (like balancing a pencil). -/
77theorem omega_deviation_grows :