A note on the motion of an Ocean Bacterium in a Linear Shear Flow
Autor: | Kalvis M. Jansons |
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Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Zdroj: | Mathematika. 54:157-160 |
ISSN: | 2041-7942 0025-5793 |
DOI: | 10.1112/s0025579300000267 |
Popis: | This paper treats a simple model, which can be exactly solved, motivated by the back-and-forth motion of ocean bacteria. In particular, the probability is determined that a bacterium moving randomly along a fluid line through the origin in a linear shear flow hits the origin before time. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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