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cma on June 12, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: The hairy ball theorem

An idealized 2d fluid flow is non-compressible, so heating it up at a point does nothing.

ars on June 13, 2009 [–]

But air is compressible. And I am talking about air.

(Unless this post was answering my question, in which case thanks.)

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