Solution

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Taking the curl of the Euler equation gives the vorticity equation for an inviscid incompressible flow without body forces:
The given velocity has divergence and curl . Its vorticity is spatially uniform, so its advective derivative vanishes. The stretching term is . Thus
The signed vertical component is ; its magnitude is , with the source's magnitude convention taking . As an additional consistency check, after imposing this equation the material acceleration is , so a pressure satisfies the full Euler equation.

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