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By replacing the Lagrangian time derivative <math>d\rho/dt</math> in the first expression by its Eulerian counterpart (see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_derivative Wikipedia discussion] of how the so-called ''material derivative'' serves as a link between Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions of fluid motion, and references therein), we directly obtain what is commonly referred to as the
By replacing the Lagrangian time derivative <math>d\rho/dt</math> in the first expression by its Eulerian counterpart (see the linked [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material_derivative Wikipedia discussion], and references therein, to understand how the so-called ''material derivative'' serves as a link between Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions of fluid motion), we directly obtain what is commonly referred to as the


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Whitworth's (1981) Isothermal Free-Energy Surface
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Continuity Equation

Among the principal governing equations we have included the

Standard Lagrangian Representation
of the Continuity Equation,

LSU Key.png

<math>\frac{d\rho}{dt} + \rho \nabla \cdot \vec{v} = 0</math>

Note that this equation also may be written in the form,

<math> \frac{d \ln \rho}{dt} = - \nabla\cdot \vec{v} \, . </math>

By replacing the Lagrangian time derivative <math>d\rho/dt</math> in the first expression by its Eulerian counterpart (see the linked Wikipedia discussion, and references therein, to understand how the so-called material derivative serves as a link between Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions of fluid motion), we directly obtain what is commonly referred to as the

Conservative Form
of the Continuity Equation,

LSU Key.png

<math>\frac{d\rho}{dt} + \rho \nabla \cdot \vec{v} = 0</math>


Whitworth's (1981) Isothermal Free-Energy Surface

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