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Choose positions in one inertial frame and let $M=m_1+m_2$. The centre of mass and two-particle relative coordinate areThe lighter body is farther from the centre of mass. Reconstructing both positions from these equations is part of solving the two-body problem; $\mathbf{r}$ alone describes their separation, not either body's laboratory position.^[ref]

Substitute the reconstructed velocities into the kinetic energy. The result is the exact two-particle instance of kinetic-energy decomposition about the centre of mass:The mixed dot product has coefficient $-m_1{m}_2/M+m_2{m}_1/M=0$; the coefficient of $|\dot{\mathbf{r}}{|}^2$ is $(m_1{m}_2^2+m_2{m}_1^2)/M^2=\mu$. This algebra needs constant positive masses but no particular force law. In the stationary centre of mass frame, the fraction of internal kinetic energy carried by body 1 is $m_2/M$, and by body 2 is $m_1/M$: the lighter body carries more.

For a closed pair with no external forces, write $\mathbf{F}$ for the force on body 2 and $-\mathbf{F}$ for that on body 1, as required by Newton's third law. Adding and subtracting their Newton's second law equations yieldsThus the centre of mass moves uniformly while the two-particle relative coordinate behaves like one body of reduced mass. Equal-opposite internal forces suffice for these equations. For an internal central force, $\mathbf{F}=f(r)\hat{\mathbf{r}}$ with $r=|\mathbf{r}|>0$, the internal torque vanishes and conservation of angular momentum gives constant ${\mathbf{L}}_{\mathrm{rel}}=\mu \mathbf{r}\times \dot{\mathbf{r}}$. If the central force comes from a time-independent potential energy $U(r)$, then $f(r)=-dU/dr$ and the internal mechanical energy $E_{\mathrm{rel}}=\mu |\dot{\mathbf{r}}{|}^2/2+U(r)$ is conserved. The kinetic energy split alone does not establish either conservation law.

In an axisymmetric thin disc with no vertical mass or torque flux, integrate mass and conservation of angular momentum over height. With fixed height-independent $l=r^2\Omega$, the equations are ${\partial }_t\Sigma +r^{-1}{\partial }_r(r\Sigma v_r)=0$ and ${\partial }_t(\Sigma l)+r^{-1}{\partial }_r(r\Sigma v_{r}l-r^3\bar{\nu }\Sigma {\Omega }^{\prime })=0$. Their difference gives $r\Sigma v_r{l}^{\prime }=(r^3\bar{\nu }\Sigma {\Omega }^{\prime }{)}^{\prime }$. The density-weighted viscosity of a disk supplies the integrated stress.

Subtract local specific angular momentum times mass conservation from conservation of angular momentum including wind losses S,T. With outward radial mass flux $\mathcal{F}$ and outward viscous torque in an accretion disk $\mathcal{G}=-2\pi \bar{\nu }\Sigma r^3{\Omega }^{\prime }$, this gives $\mathcal{F}{h}^{\prime }+{\mathcal{G}}^{\prime }=2\pi r(Sh-T)$. For Keplerian rotation and $T=qSh$, substitution in mass conservation yields the displayed equation. A wind with q=1 removes local angular momentum but supplies no additional drift term; q>1 can drive accretion even with zero viscosity.

For a Keplerian disk, let $S$ be the total loss through both faces per unit projected area and $\dot{M}>0$ the inward accretion rate. Annular mass conservation gives ${\dot{M}}^{\prime }=2\pi RS$. A circular orbit has specific orbital energy $-GM/(2R)$, so a marginally escaping wind requires additional energy $GM/(2R)$ per unit lost mass. Equating this sink to a fraction $f$ of the two-face viscous dissipation $(9/4)\nu \Sigma {\Omega }^2$ gives the displayed relation. If the wind carries the local specific angular momentum $h=\sqrt{GMR}$, conservation of angular momentum gives $(\dot{M}h-\mathcal{G}{)}^{\prime }=h{\dot{M}}^{\prime }$, with viscous torque in an accretion disk $\mathcal{G}=3\pi \nu \Sigma h$. Eliminating the torque yields $R^2{\dot{M}}^{\prime \prime }+\frac{3}{2}R{\dot{M}}^{\prime }=\frac{3}{2}f\dot{M}$.