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Past exam of the probability, statistics and options I course of the University of Oxford 2010 K 1 Solution by
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The momentum of a material volume is . Newton's second law equates its time derivative to the pressure force and gravity:Apply the given Reynolds transport theorem componentwise to the left side, and the divergence theorem to the pressure term. ThenSince this holds for arbitrary material volumes and the fields are continuous, the integrand vanishes pointwise. Dividing by positive density gives the Euler equations for an inviscid fluidAt a fixed physical time , a streamline is a curve tangent to , which may be parametrized by . The chain rule gives , proving constancy along it. The time is held fixed; a time-dependent streamline statement does not by itself assert material conservation along particle trajectories.
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