Friedmann-free limits on spatial curvature

Abstract

We discuss limits on cosmological spatial curvature that can be derived without imposing the geometry-density relation required by the Friedmann equation. In particular, studies of the expansion history using stellar evolution in passive galaxies imply a curvature radius greater than the Hubble distance.

2 pages, zero figures, accepted by A&A

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