What is this equation called ?

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In summary, the conversation discusses the use of an equation, RTC7683-7, to calculate the Proper Velocity of an object as a function of time. The equation takes into account the object's velocity relative to an inertial reference frame and involves the limit of dt approaching zero. The equation can be found in the URL provided.
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Just got some strange equation from relativistic travel problem :

[tex]{\it PA} \left( t \right) =\lim _{{\it dt}\rightarrow 0} \left( v \left( t \right) -v \left( t-{\it dt} \right) \right) \left( 1-{\frac {v \left( t \right) v \left( t-{\it dt} \right) }{{c}^{2}}} \right) ^{-1}{{\it dt}}^{-1}
[/tex]

I use this equation to calculate the Proper Velocity of an object as a function of time PA(t) given its velocity v(t) as a function of time.

See equation RTC7683-7 in the URL below for more detail :

http://orimath.blogspot.com/2008/08/mathematical-basis-of-rtc7683.html

I want to know what this equation is called in English ?
 
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v(t) in the question above is the velocity of the object relative to an inertial reference frame as a function over time.
 

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