Stokes operator (source code)

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The Stokes operator is $A=-P_\sigma\Delta$ on divergence-free vector fields, where $P_\sigma$ is the <Leray-Helmholtz projection>. On a periodic domain it equals $-\Delta$ on its domain, and its inverse gains two <Sobolev space>[Sobolev derivatives].