ABSTRACT

It was pointed out in the introduction to Part II that potential ¡ows may be analyzed in a much simpler way than general ¡uid ¡ows. Within the category of potential ¡ows, the two-dimensional subset lends itself to even greater simpli‡cation. It will be shown in this chapter that the simpli‡cation is so great that solutions to Equations II.5 and II.6 may be obtained without actually solving any differential equations. This is achieved through use of the powerful tool of complex variable theory.