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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 Reynolds number, where no creeping flow can occur around a disk in this person’s namesake paradox. 6 pi times viscosity (10[1])times radius times flow velocity equals a sphere’s drag according to a law named for this person, who also names a 3D analog of Green’s theorem. (10[1])This person is the second namesake of a set of equations whose solutions’ existence and smoothness (10[1])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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Leo LawUF AUCF A6010
Graham CopeUF BFlorida Tech B8610
Aryan PathakUF EUF D10210
Jeevan IyaduraiUF CUF F10710
Aidan BernardoFlorida Tech AFlorida State University A12710

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