The quadratic formula gives two algebraic possibilities. To select one consistent holomorphic square root, set
where each factor is the principal square root. Both arguments lie in the upper half-plane, so neither crosses its branch cut. This choice satisfies and at large in the upper half-plane. The required inverse function is
For , , this gives , whose modulus exceeds one. As varies continuously in the upper half-plane, this root cannot cross , since that would make real. Hence the selected root always lies in the fluid region. The other root is its reciprocal and lies inside the unit disk. Simply writing the principal square root of would not specify this branch correctly throughout the upper half-plane.
For ,
Both factors are positive in the fluid region, so its image is contained in the upper half-plane. The boundary correspondence is also explicit: on the upper unit semicircle, gives , while the real rays and map onto the rays and .
To prove the image is the whole upper half-plane, fix any . The equation is
Its roots have product one. Neither root can have unit modulus, since that would make real. Exactly one root therefore has modulus greater than one. For that root the formula for forces , so it belongs to the fluid region. Moreover, if , then
Two distinct roots in the fluid region would require , impossible when both moduli exceed one. Thus the Joukowski map of the upper exterior of a unit disk is a bijection from the fluid region onto the upper half-plane.
The Joukowski map is a holomorphic function for , with
A holomorphic function is a local conformal map wherever its derivative is nonzero. Hence the two finite nonzero critical points are
They lie on the boundary of the fluid region. At the displayed formula has a pole and is undefined as a map to the finite complex plane; zero is outside the fluid region. Thus is locally conformal everywhere in the fluid.
Since , the denominator in
is positive. The positive root of is
The other root is negative, so the horizontal force points in the positive direction for , vanishes at , and points in the negative direction for . In particular, the nearby line source pulls the cylinder towards itself as , while at large the horizontal force is .
Let denote the force per unit length exerted by the fluid on the cylinder, and let be the constant mass density. For a counterclockwise contour around the unit circle, the Blasius force theorem gives
An efficient use of the residue theorem finds the sum of the enclosed residues by subtracting the external pole at from the sum of all finite residues. At large ,
The sum of all finite residues of is therefore . At , write , with a holomorphic function near . Then
Thus
Using and gives
The vanishing vertical force also follows from reflection symmetry about the real axis. This force on a unit cylinder due to a uniform flow and an external source uses the counterclockwise orientation in the Blasius force theorem to fix the sign of the horizontal force.
Use for the complex potential of a two-dimensional potential flow, so its complex velocity is . The incident uniform flow and line source have
The coefficient of the complex logarithm is one because a line source of strength has complex potential of a two-dimensional potential flow , and here . Applying the Milne-Thomson circle theorem to the unit circle gives
Since , locally consistent branches of the complex logarithm give
Changes of branch only alter the constant in a local expression; is single valued away from its singularities. The added terms represent a two-dimensional potential doublet at the origin, an image line source at , and a compensating line sink at the origin. The image line source and line sink have equal and opposite strengths, so no net volume flux enters the cylinder.
On , the Milne-Thomson circle theorem makes up to a constant. Consequently the streamfunction is constant there, establishing the no-penetration boundary condition. All line source strengths are real, and the two-dimensional potential doublet has zero circulation, so the circulation around the cylinder is zero. There is no additional line vortex term.
Adopt the streamfunction convention , . Integrating the first component of the velocity field in gives . The second component then requires . Thus, omitting an arbitrary function of time,
At a fixed instant, the streamlines are the connected curves . To classify this quadratic form, introduce the invertible scaled and rotated coordinates
Then
For , both coefficients are positive. Every therefore gives an ellipse, and is the stagnation point at the origin. For , the quadratic form is an indefinite quadratic form: each gives a hyperbola. The level consists of the straight separatrices
whose rays approach or leave the origin; the origin itself is a stagnation point. At the transition , , so the nonstationary streamlines are parallel straight lines and is a line of stagnation points. These are instantaneous streamlines; the time dependence means that they need not coincide with pathlines.
Figure 1.
Instantaneous elliptical and hyperbolic streamlines at the same positive time
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For a planar incompressible flow, the divergence of the velocity field must vanish. Here
Equivalently, the Jacobian determinant of the deformation map is
so every material area is preserved. However, the out-of-plane vorticity is
Since , this vorticity never vanishes. The motion is an incompressible flow but is not an irrotational flow; its local spin is clockwise.
The velocity of a fluid element is the time derivative of its position with its Lagrangian coordinates held fixed. Direct differentiation gives
Replacing the Lagrangian coordinates by the current Eulerian coordinates therefore gives the velocity field
The distinction between following a fluid element and differentiating at fixed Eulerian coordinates is what connects the given deformation map to this velocity field.
The orientation-dependent results in the official notes show that the measured spring constant is not a Lorentz scalar. A Lorentz transformation changes both the simultaneous extension and the measured three-force; their ratio depends on the orientation. This does not make the spring intrinsically anisotropic in its own rest frame, or require a preferred inertial frame. It is a quasistatic effective stiffness comparison between frames; an extended real spring also has finite internal signal speeds.
Covered by the official notes: definition of a pure force via constant rest mass (PDF p. 13; handwritten p. 8).[ref]
The page labels as a proper force; that is the four-force. The requested proper force is the three-force measured in the instantaneous rest frame of the object. For a pure force its magnitude is times the proper acceleration, and in that frame the four-force has components .

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