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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 that exhibits a low (10[1])Reynolds number, where no creeping (-5[1])flow can occur around a disk in this person’s namesake paradox. 6 pi times viscosity (10[2])times radius times flow (-5[1])velocity (10[1])equals a sphere’s drag according to a law (10[2])named for this person, who also names a 3D analog of Green’s theorem. This person is the second namesake of a set of equations whose solutions’ (10[1])existence and smoothness are a Millenium Prize problem (10[1])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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Delia CropperOxford ADurham B4010
Zuhayr ShaikhBirminghamBristol B45-5
Gus ReddingImperial BSouthampton A6010
Chris LevesleyWarwick AVanderbilt6010
Oscar DespardCambridge ALSE A64-5
Ben AtchisonCambridge DBristol A6510
Alex BakerCambridge COxford B7310
Kai MadgwickManchesterSouthhampton B7310
Henry JamesonLSE BImperial A9910
Albert NyangLSE ACambridge A10710
Robert BallantyneBristol BBirmingham12610