d'Alembert–Euler condition

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In mathematics and physics, especially the study of mechanics and fluid dynamics, the d'Alembert-Euler condition is a requirement that the streaklines of a flow are irrotational. Let x = x(X,t) be the coordinates of the point x into which X is carried at time t by a (fluid) flow. Let $\backslash ddot\{\backslash mathbf\{x\}\}=\backslash frac\{D^2\backslash mathbf\{x\}\}\{Dt\}$ be the second material derivative of x. Then the d'Alembert-Euler condition is:

:$\backslash mathrm\{curl\}\backslash \; \backslash mathbf\{x\}=\backslash mathbf\{0\}.\; \backslash ,$

The d'Alembert-Euler condition is named for Jean le Rond d'Alembert and Leonhard Euler who independently first described its use in the mid-18th century. It is not to be confused with the Cauchy–Riemann conditions.