I Expansion of 3-D positively curved space

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The metric of a 3-D positively curved space is dr2+ Sk(r)2(dθ2+sin2θdΦ2).
Now if this space expands with a scale factor a(t) from r to r'.
Whether the change in the radial component be a(t)dr and angular component be Sk(r')dθ and Sk(r')sinθdΦ since the change due to expansion is already incorporated in Sk(r')??
 
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Apashanka said:
since thethe cha due to expansion is already incorporated in Sk(r')??
It is not incorporated in ##S_k(r)##.
 
Orodruin said:
It is not incorporated in ##S_k(r)##.
If we imagine 3-D euclidean space consists of infinite no. of concentric spheres,after given positive curvature the radius of the spheres become Rsin(r/R)=Sk(r),as opposed to r for flat 3-D space (where R is radius of curvature) where r is the distance from the origin .

Now if this sphere of radius Sk(r) expands from r to r' having scale factor a(t) in time t.
Then the elementary length on the surface of sphere will change only due to the factor that it's radius got changed from Sk(r) to Sk(r') in time t,scale factor effect will not be on this.
Am I right??
 
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Apashanka said:
Now if this sphere of radius Sk(r) expands from r to r' having scale factor a(t) in time t.
Sorry, but this makes no sense. ##r## is a coordinate, it is ##R## that is the radius of curvature. Either way, the standard RW coordinates have a fixed ##R## and ##r## is also fixed for a comoving observer. The spatial part of the RW metric is of the form
$$
d\Sigma^2 = a(t)^2 [dr^2 + S_k(r)^2 d\Omega^2].
$$
Now, you could introduce a new coordinate ##r' = a(t) r## such that the spatial part of the RW metric takes the form
$$
d\Sigma^2 = dr'^2 + [a(t) S_k(r)]^2 d\Omega^2 = dr'^2 + \tilde S_k(r',t)^2 d\Omega^2,
$$
where
$$
\tilde S_k(r',t) = a(t) S_k(r) = a(t) R \sin\left(\frac{r'}{a(t) R}\right) = R(t) \sin(r'/R(t))
$$
and ##R(t) = a(t) R##. However, your ##r'## will then no longer be a comoving coordinate and you will introduce cross terms between the spatial coordinate ##r'## and the time coordinate ##t## in the metric. This is highly non-recommended.
 
Orodruin said:
r is also fixed for a comoving observer.
Sir for the 2-D positively curved plane the radius of the circles become Rsin(r/R) instead of r ,at a distance r from the origin where R is the radius of curvature or radius of the 2-sphere and it can be drawn geometrically.
Similarly for 3-D positively curved space the radius of the spheres become Rsin(r/R) instead of r, at a distance r from the origin.
Sir for the 2-D case the R is the radius of 2-Sphere and can be visualised but sir for 3-D case what R is actually here??is there any method to visualise this mathematically??
 
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