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Time-delay distance scales as 1/H01/H_01/H0​

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HuWang2023.timeDelayDistance_H0_scaling

by Lucas · Oct 13, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

cosmologygravitational-lensing

For all real ccc, Ωm\Omega_mΩm​, zlensz_{\rm lens}zlens​, zsz_szs​ and all nonzero H0H_0H0​, H0′H_0'H0′​, the time-delay distance of Eq. (1) satisfies

H0 DΔt(H0)=H0′ DΔt(H0′).H_0\,D_{\Delta t}(H_0) = H_0'\,D_{\Delta t}(H_0').H0​DΔt​(H0​)=H0′​DΔt​(H0′​).

So H0DΔtH_0 D_{\Delta t}H0​DΔt​ does not depend on H0H_0H0​: the time-delay distance is inversely proportional to the Hubble constant, with the remaining cosmological dependence (Ωm\Omega_mΩm​) entering only through the proportionality factor. This is the precise sense in which DΔtD_{\Delta t}DΔt​ is "primarily sensitive to H0H_0H0​, with weak dependence on other cosmological parameters".

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_HuWang2023_HubbleTension_Defs
Formal statement
namespace HuWang2023

theorem timeDelayDistance_H0_scaling (c Ωm zl zs H0 H0' : ℝ)
    (hH0 : H0 ≠ 0) (hH0' : H0' ≠ 0) :
    H0 * timeDelayDistance c H0 Ωm zl zs = H0' * timeDelayDistance c H0' Ωm zl zs := by sorry

end HuWang2023
Source
Jian-Ping Hu and Fa-Yin Wang, *Hubble Tension: The Evidence of New Physics*, Universe 2023, 9(2), 94, https://doi.org/10.3390/universe9020094, Section 3.1, p. 4, Eq. (1) and the sentence following Eq. (3)
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  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Oct 13, 2026

    Confirmed by the moderator at approval.

  • Endorsed by Lucas · Oct 13, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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