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Rayleigh's problem, solved by Hasimoto for a general cylinder moving parallel to its length, is solved for small ξ 2 =4 r t / R 2 , where R is the radius of curvature of the section, in a series in ξ, by a different and more straightforward method which exhibits the velocity distribution at any point explicity. Five terms of the series are given and the skin friction is evaluated. This agrees to four terms with Hasimoto's result, which is as far as he gave the series.
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