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On some solutions of the Falkner-Skan equation

Part of:Boundary value problemsIncompressible viscous fluids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

S. P. Hastings and
S. Siegel
S. P. Hastings
Affiliation:
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A.
S. Siegel
Affiliation:
Niagara University.
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We shall be concerned with two boundary value problems for the Falkner-Skan Equation

when –β is a small positive number. Our interest is in solutions of (1) which exhibit “reversed flow”; that is, solutions f such that f′(x) < 0 for small positive values of x. The boundary conditions which we wish to consider are

and

MSC classification

Secondary:34B30: Special equations (Mathieu, Hill, Bessel, etc.)76D10: Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects

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Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , June 1972, pp. 76 - 83
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Copyright © University College London 1972

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