On operator treatment of a stokeslet (Q1920829)

The main goal of this paper is to discuss the Stokes' equations \[ \nabla\cdot\vec v=0,\qquad -\nabla p+\mu\Delta\vec v=-\vec A\delta(\vec x-\vec x_0).\tag{1} \] The particular solution \(p_s\), \(\vec v_s\) of (1): \[ p_s=(\vec A\cdot\nabla)\varphi_s, \qquad \mu\vec v={\textstyle{1\over2}} \nabla(\vec x\cdot\vec A\varphi_s)-\vec A\varphi_s- {\textstyle{1\over2}} (\vec A\cdot\vec x_0)\nabla\varphi_s \] where \[ \varphi_s=\begin{cases}-(4\pi|\vec x-\vec x_0|)^{-1} &\text{in the 3-d case},\\ -(2\pi)^{-1}\ln|\vec x-\vec x_0|&\text{in the 2-d case},\end{cases} \] is called a stokeslet. The author considers the 2-d problem by using a stream function \(\psi\) defined by the equations \(v_1={{\partial\psi}\over{\partial x_2}}\), \(v_2=-{{\partial\psi}\over{\partial x_1}}\). He transforms the Stokes' equation into the biharmonic equation (2) \(\Delta^2\psi=0\), and defines a stokeslet as interaction of radius zero for (2). Some new results are given.