Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ii Paper 1 39B iii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-05
With , the stated biharmonic stream function for planar Stokes flow isRequiring it to vanish at and givesThus and . Writing yieldsUsing and , differentiation shows that equals on the inner boundary and on the outer boundary. Both wall conditions hold precisely whenThis is the Stokes flow between touching counter-rotating cylinders.