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"The '''flow of an incompressible fluid past a cylinder''' is one of the first mathematical models that a student of fluid dynamics encounters. This flow is an excellent vehicle for the study of concepts that will be encountered numerous times in mathematical physics, such as vector fields, coordinate transformations, and most important, the physical interpretation of mathematical results." <ref>http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/Articles/2731/</ref>
"The '''flow of an incompressible fluid past a cylinder''' is one of the first mathematical models that a student of fluid dynamics encounters. This flow is an excellent vehicle for the study of concepts that will be encountered numerous times in mathematical physics, such as vector fields, coordinate transformations, and most important, the physical interpretation of mathematical results." <ref>http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/Articles/2731/</ref>
{{Image|Flow past a cylinder. Pressure field and velocity vectors.png|right|350px|Colors: pressure field. Red is high and blue is low. Velocity vectors.}}

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"The flow of an incompressible fluid past a cylinder is one of the first mathematical models that a student of fluid dynamics encounters. This flow is an excellent vehicle for the study of concepts that will be encountered numerous times in mathematical physics, such as vector fields, coordinate transformations, and most important, the physical interpretation of mathematical results." [1]

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Colors: pressure field. Red is high and blue is low. Velocity vectors.