Solution

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For a steady flow the local time derivative in the Euler equations vanishes. The vector identity
reduces to a gradient when the vorticity is zero. With constant density and gravity , the momentum equation becomes
Thus on each connected flow region,
This is Bernoulli's theorem for a steady irrotational flow: irrotationality makes the same constant apply throughout a connected region, rather than only along an individual streamline.

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