The equilibrium beach profile ODE from Jenkins and Inman is shown to be formally identical to the Friedmann equation of a closed universe, and known cosmological solutions yield new beach profile formulas.
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Analogy between equilibrium beach profiles and closed universes
The equilibrium beach profile ODE from Jenkins and Inman is shown to be formally identical to the Friedmann equation of a closed universe, and known cosmological solutions yield new beach profile formulas.