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====Continuity Equation==== Substituting the expression for <math>~\rho</math> into the lefthand side of the continuity equation and neglecting small quantities of the second order, we have, <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~~\frac{\partial}{\partial t} (\rho_0 + \rho_1) + \nabla\cdot [(\rho_0 + \rho_1)\vec{v}]</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ \cancelto{0}{\frac{\partial \rho_0}{\partial t}} + \frac{\partial \rho_1}{\partial t} + \nabla\cdot (\rho_0 \vec{v}) + \nabla\cdot\cancelto{\mathrm{small}}{(\rho_1\vec{v} )} </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~\approx</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ \frac{\partial \rho_1}{\partial t} + \rho_0\nabla\cdot \vec{v} + \vec{v}\cdot \nabla\rho_0 \, , </math> </td> </tr> </table> </div> where, in the first line, the first term on the righthand side has been set to zero because <math>~\rho_0</math> is independent of time. Hence, we have the desired, <div align="center"> <font color="#770000">'''Linearized Continuity Equation'''</font> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~ \frac{\partial \rho_1}{\partial t} + \rho_0\nabla\cdot \vec{v} + \vec{v}\cdot \nabla\rho_0 </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~0 \, .</math> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <!-- Note that, if we were to assume that the initial configuration is homogeneous, then we could set <math>~\nabla\rho_0 = 0</math> and drop the last term on the righthand side of this expression, retrieving the linearized continuity equation used in [[SSC/SoundWaves#Perturbation_then_Linearization_of_Equations|our introductory discussion of sound waves]]. -->
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