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Speed-radius attractor of an accreting raindrop (v2/a⟶8g/(7c+6k),v˙⟶cg/(7c+6k))

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For the accreting raindrop with quadratic drag, set q=v2/a and B=7c/8+3k/4. Its exact equation is q˙​=2(v/a)(g−Bq). Dividing by a˙=cv/4 gives q(a)=g/B+(q(a0​)−g/B)(a0​/a)7+6k/c. Thus q stays between its positive initial value and positive equilibrium. Since da​/dt=cq​/8, the radius grows without finite-time divergence and tends to infinity. The power correction then vanishes, proving both limits. Positive drag makes the limiting acceleration strictly less than g/7.

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