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We consider the synchronization of the Einstein’s flow with the Ricci-flow of the standard spatial slices of the Robertson–Walker space–time and show that associated perfect fluid solution has a quadratic equation of state and is either spherical and collapsing, or hyperbolic and expanding.

AMSC: 53C21, 53C44, 83C15, 85A40

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