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by D. H. PARSONS
(Received 12th November, 1962)
+ + ±W = o,
1 2 3
dz dco co 3co
dco
co
Set) dz
the first two being consequences of the last two. Consider the function
1 d<f>
dz2 dco2 codco] [dz1 dco2 co dco
— < — CO —
co [dco dz
and therefore, by (1),
82j d2j 1
- ^ = 0.
dz2 dco2 co dco
Hence <^, given by (2), is the velocity potential of a new axially symmetric
motion.
Again, consider the function
n = (a>2<Hz<«/m, (3)
m again being a non-zero constant, having the dimensions of a length. Then
we have, identically
d2t] d2r\ 1 dr\
2
dz dco2 co dco
1 1 #
co H ^ + + dco
m dco2 co dco 2
co i
+ 2 ^
dco
Hence q, given by (3), is the Stokes' stream function of a new axially symmetric,
irrotational motion.
dz dco Im i \ dz dcoj
REFERENCE
(1) D. H. PARSONS, J. Lond. Math. Soc, 34 (1959), 442-8.
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