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We give a survey of problems in fluid mechanics which could be considered successfully by methods from quaternionic analysis. In particular we study a special problem where stationary Navier-Stokes equations are combined with field induction.

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Sprößig, W. (2000). Quaternionic Analysis in Fluid Mechanics. In: Ryan, J., Sprößig, W. (eds) Clifford Algebras and their Applications in Mathematical Physics. Progress in Physics, vol 19. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1374-1_3

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