“…As such, we can interpret B(t, r) as the intrinsic radius of the rsphere S(r) at time t [17, Chapter XII, Section 11, p. 411], so that, in the metric (1), each evolving r -sphere S(r) will have B(t, r) as the intrinsic radius at time t and r as the initial intrinsic radius 3 Here we depart somewhat from Levi-Civita's notation in that we use ρ, r, a(r) in place of r, R, A(R) respectively. 4 As it is known [17, Chapter XII, Section 11, p. 411] formula (3) gives the most general expression for the metric of a V 3 , which is symmetric around a point O . 5 In fact 1 r 2 represents, at any point P , the Gaussian curvature of the surface of the geodesic sphere S with its centre at the centre of symmetry O and passing through the point P [ …”