Larrybaxter

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Citing of sources

Hi Larry! On 11 April you made an edit to Vortex. Your edit included some significant statements, but no in-line citations or extra references to enable independent verification of your statements.

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I question some of the text you have added.
1. Perhaps unexpectedly, not all vortices possess vorticity. Why do you believe this to be true? In the absence of vorticity, the circulation is zero. If the circulation is zero there is no vortex present.

2. The vorticity of a free vortex is zero. See 1. above.

3. By contrast, fluids that initially have vorticity, such as water in a rotating bowl, form vortices with vorticity, exhibited by the much less pronounced low pressure region at the center of this flow. Why do you believe this to be true? Are you suggesting that the low pressure region at the center of a flow is more pronounced in a fluid that initially has zero vorticity? If the low pressure region at the center of one flow is more pronounced than at the center of another flow, Bernoulli's principle predicts that the speed of flow will be faster where the pressure is lowest. The flow with the faster speed will have the greater circulation and so the greater vorticity.

Some introductory information about creating in-line citations is available at WP:CTT#Use in footnotes. Dolphin (talk) 07:28, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

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