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Planar exactness of the Zeldovich approximation

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For r=a[q+b(t)(p(q1​),0,0)], put J=1+bp′. Before shell crossing, mass conservation gives ρ=ρˉ​/J. The dust background equation 3a¨/a=−4πGρˉ​ and the growing-mode equation b¨+2Hb˙=4πGρˉ​b imply ∇r​⋅r¨=−4πGρˉ​+4πGρˉ​bp′/J=−4πGρ. Thus planar Zeldovich approximation trajectories satisfy the full nonlinear dust force-divergence equation until the map loses invertibility. All three physical coordinates are included in the divergence; the two unperturbed directions still contribute background acceleration.

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