Expand the density contrast in spatial Fourier modes using fixed comoving coordinates:The spatial Laplacian multiplies a mode by , while its comoving wavenumber is time-independent. Writing , the linear cosmological density perturbation equation becomesThe proper wavenumber is , since the proper wavelength is . The proper Jeans wavenumber balances the pressure and gravity terms:
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