Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2002 iii Paper 45 2 b Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Use and , where the growing linear growth factor obeys . The Poisson relation in part (a) immediately becomesAlong a fluid trajectory,Substitute this into the pressureless equation of motion to obtainThe growth equation cancels the second coefficient. By the definition of the logarithmic growth rate, , while . ThereforeThis is the printed when interpreted along the particle. Dividing the Eulerian continuity equation by instead givesThe density derivative in this conservative equation must be Eulerian. If both derivatives were read as material derivatives, the density equation would double-count advection; its material form is . These distinctions make the growth-time form of cosmological dust equations valid beyond the first-order terms, up to the single-stream pressureless-fluid limit. The reparameterization assumes .