The stream function of a two-dimensional motion of an incompressible fluid is given by ? = (a/2) x^2 + b x y - (c/2) y^2 where a, b and c are arbitrary constants. (a) Is the flow irrotational? Find the velocity potential. (b) Find the lines of constant pressure.
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