Point vortex in a wedge

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For a point vortex of circulation in the wedge , with positive integer , the conformal map sends the domain to the upper half-plane. An opposite image vortex gives the complex potential
Remove the singular self-induced velocity before setting . The resulting complex velocity is
The finite first term follows from the expansion of at . In polar coordinates this becomes and . Therefore is constant along a vortex trajectory. The case is motion parallel to a plane wall, while describes a sixty-degree wedge.

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