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This person’s namesake number is low for tracers in PIV and equals the ratio between a particle’s characteristic response time and an obstacle's response time. The Oseen equations build upon a flow regime named for this person (10[1])that exhibits a low Reynolds (10[1])number, where no creeping flow can occur (10[1])around a disk in this person’s namesake paradox. (10[1]-5[1])6 pi (10[1])times viscosity (10[1])times radius times flow velocity equals a sphere’s drag according to a law named for this person, (10[1])who also names a 3D analog of Green’s theorem. This person is the second namesake (10[1])of a set of equations whose solutions’ existence and smoothness are a Millenium Prize problem and describe viscous fluid flow. For 10 points, name this Irish scientist who names those equations with Claude-Louis Navier. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: George Gabriel Stokes [accept Stokes number or Stokes’ paradox or Stokes’ law]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ezra SantosUChicago ANotre Dame3610
Matthew WestPurdue AUIUC C4110
Matt SchiavoneNorthwestern AUChicago D4810
Alex AkridgeIndiana AUChicago C56-5
Yash MandaviaUIUC BPurdue D5610
Jeremy CummingsWashU BPurdue B5810
Samarth RamUChicago BUIUC A6010
Arjun SiderysPurdue CUIUC D7710
Roy YangWashU DSIUE A9210
Coby TranUChicago CIndiana A12710

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