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Do vortex sheets roll up?

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    Garrett Birkhoff & Joseph Fisher

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Mr. Fisher's analytical work was supported by the Office of Naval Research; the computations reported were paid for by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.

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Birkhoff, G., Fisher, J. Do vortex sheets roll up?. Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo 8, 77–90 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02843773

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