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4.1.2 Positivity of density

To compute the velocity from momentum and density via

\begin{displaymath}
v_{} = \frac{\rho v_{}}{\rho}
\end{displaymath} (196)
requires
\begin{displaymath}
\rho > 0
\enspace .
\end{displaymath} (197)
An overshoot of the density to non-positive values is now (usually) disastrous.