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The Iterated Equation of Generalized Axially Symmetric Potential Theory

IV. Circle Theorems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

J. C. Burns
Affiliation:
The Australian National UniversityCanberra, A.C.T.
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Milne-Thomson's well-known circle theorem [1] gives the stream function for steady two-dimensional irrotational flow of a perfect fluid past a circular cylinder when the flow in the absense of the cylinder is known. Butler's sphere theorem [2] gives the corresponding result for axially symmetric irrotational flow of a perfect fluid past a sphere. Collins [3] has obtained a sphere theorem for axially symmetric Stokes flow of a viscous liquid which gives a stream function satisfying the appropriate viscous boundary conditions on the surface of a sphere when the stream function for irrotational flow in the absence of the sphere is known.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1969

References

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