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--- book:chap4:4.3_separation_of_variables [2021/12/06 14:57] – [4.3.3 Relation to free fall] abril
+++ book:chap4:4.3_separation_of_variables [2024/01/31 23:30] (current) – fix link in footnote jv
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-===== 4.3  Separation of variables --- Settling with Stokes drag  =====
+===== 4.3  Separation of variables — Settling with Stokes drag  =====
 The settling of a ball in a viscous medium can be described by the equations of motion
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 The solution of the differential equation
 \begin{align*}
-    \frac{\mathrm{d} y(x)}{\mathrm{d} x} = \frac{ \mathrm{e}^{ y^2(x) } }{ 1-2 \, y^2(x) }
+    \frac{\mathrm{d} y(x)}{\mathrm{d} x} = \frac{ \mathrm{e}^{ -y^2(x) } }{ 1+2 \, y^2(x) }
     \qquad\text{with}\quad y(0) = 0
 \end{align*}
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 and this time the bullet will have dropped by a distance
 $ g\,t_{\text{water}}^2/2 = 5 \times 10^{4}\, \, \text{m}$
-which is deeper than the deepest point in our Oceans.((In [[book:chap4:4.4_worked_example/free_flight|Section 4.4]] we will see what goes wrong here.))
+which is deeper than the deepest point in our Oceans.((In
+[[book:chap4:4.4_worked_example_free_flight|Section 4.4]] we will see what goes wrong here.))
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