Solution

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The velocity field is incompressible because
With the convention and , a stream function is
The vorticity is vertical:
For a steady inviscid incompressible flow, the vorticity equation is . Here the right side is zero because the flow is independent of , while the left side is because velocity is tangent to the level sets of . Thus the equation is satisfied.
The streamlines are the level curves . The lines and , together with the boundary, are separatrices; each of the four cells contains closed nested curves around a centre at , , , or .

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