The widely cited formula $\ell_1\simeq 200 \Omega_0^{ -1/2}$ for the multipole number of the first Doppler peak is not even a crude approximation in the case of greatest current interest, in which the cosmic mass density is less than the vacuum energy density. For instance, with $\Omega_M$ fixed at 0.3, the position of any Doppler peak varies as $\Omega_0^{ -1.58}$ near $\Omega_0=1$.
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