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Do the matter and radiation of a flat universe, as time approaches infinity, conform to a spherical shell?
 

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Loren Booda said:
Do the matter and radiation of a flat universe, as time approaches infinity, conform to a spherical shell?

No, a flat FRW model remains homogeneous and isotropic as time approaches infinity.
 

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