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Chaplygin's equation
In mathematics, Chaplygin's equation is a nonlinear partial differential equation useful in the study of transonic flow.
It is
Here, c = c(v) is the speed of sound, determined by the equation of state of the fluid and Bernoulli's law.
The equation is named for Sergei Alekseevich Chaplygin.
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