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For two-dimensional incompressible flows:

Function
is called the streamfunction. Lines of constant
are the streamlines.
Exercise:
For ideal stagnation point flow (u,v)= a(x,-y),

- Does the streamfunction exist?
- If so, what is
?
- How do the lines of constant
look?

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