Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2005 iii Paper 76 1 ii Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
With and , radial differential rotation gives . Thus the source is . Put with . The toroidal diffusion operator isDirect differentiation of makes the bracket . Therefore the steady radial equation isDefine and . Since ,so . Taking proves the steady toroidal induction by spherical differential rotation:Near zero, , hence and is regular. Its leading vector field is proportional to , so the apparent azimuthal-basis singularity on the axis is harmless. The rapid decay of makes finite, giving at large radius. The homogeneous radial solutions are and ; regularity at zero excludes the latter, and decay at infinity excludes the former. Thus these boundary requirements also single out the displayed solution in this angular sector.