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Two closed-form solutions were found for the boundary layer equations of the title problem. Discussions are made to trace among them the physically realistic solution.
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Lawrence, P.S., Rao, B.N. The nonuniqueness of the MHD flow of a viscoelastic fluid past a stretching sheet. Acta Mechanica 112, 223–228 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01177490
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