Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2002/iii/paper-71/7/a/solution

Use the convention consistent with the supplied fluid transformations: , so the synchronous spatial metric is . For a passive coordinate displacement , , the metric perturbation changes by . Computing its components gives
The Newtonian gauge has no mixed component and no traceless spatial part. Thus
Matching and gives
This is the synchronous-to-Newtonian transformation with positive spatial perturbations. The original PDF uses in the spatial displacement; the converted TeX loses the hat. Using would require instead. The nonzero modes are understood.

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