The second derivative of the luminosity distance with respect to the redshift is written in terms of the deceleration parameter q0. We point out that the third derivative contains the information regarding the sound speed of cosmic matter as well as the curvature of the universe. We restrict physically possible parameter ranges of the coefficients. It is found that there is a relation between the coefficients in a flat universe model with matter such that cs0(1+wx0)=0 (cs0 is the total sound speed of the matter component and wx0=px0/ρx0).
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