Solution

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Stokes flow obeys , . Reversing all applied forces reverses while leaving streamlines unchanged. Reflection in the vertical plane containing the cylinder axis rules out rotation normal to that plane; reflection combined with reversibility rules out rotation within it and spin about the axis. Thus its orientation remains fixed.

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