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Tests of inflation, via measurements of the cosmological density parameter, Ω0, have primarily used gravitational methods and local galaxy samples (Davis & Peebles 1983, Bean et al 1983, Rowan-Robinson et al 1990). Conflicting results have emerged and the extent to which such samples may be biased is unclear. Previously, observers attempted to measure the geometrical deceleration parameter, q 0 The strategy changed when it was realised that the sources traditionally used as probes have probably evolved significantly over the look-back times concerned (Tinsley 1968, Lilly & Longair 1985).
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Ellis, R.S. (1991). Prospects for Measuring the Deceleration Parameter. In: Shanks, T., Banday, A.J., Ellis, R.S., Frenk, C.S., Wolfendale, A.W. (eds) Observational Tests of Cosmological Inflation. NATO ASI Series, vol 348. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3510-8_24
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