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The Friedmann equation states that
$$(\frac{\dot a}{a}) = \frac{8\pi G}{3} \dot \rho + \frac{1}3 \Lambda - \frac{K}{a^2},$$
where ##a, \rho, \Lambda, K## respectively denotes the scale factor, matter density, cosmological constant and curvature.
Now, I'm trying to get at an intuition on why, according to the above equation, space expands slower with a bigger curvature K? Is this somehow intuitive?
$$(\frac{\dot a}{a}) = \frac{8\pi G}{3} \dot \rho + \frac{1}3 \Lambda - \frac{K}{a^2},$$
where ##a, \rho, \Lambda, K## respectively denotes the scale factor, matter density, cosmological constant and curvature.
Now, I'm trying to get at an intuition on why, according to the above equation, space expands slower with a bigger curvature K? Is this somehow intuitive?