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Dynamics of a rigid body in a two-dimensional incompressible perfect fluid and the zero-radius limit

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In this survey we report some recent results on the dynamics of a rigid body immersed in a two-dimensional incompressible perfect fluid, with an emphasis on the zero-radius limit.

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This work was supported by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Project IFSMACS (Grant No. ANR-15-CE40-0010), Project BORDS (Grant No. ANR-16-CE40-0027-01), Project SINGFLOWS (Grant No. ANR-18-CE40-0027-01), the Conseil Régionale d’Aquitaine (Grant No. 2015.1047.CP), the H2020-MSCA-ITN-2017 program Project ConFlex Grant ETN-765579 and the Institut Universitaire de France.

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Dedicated to Professor Jean-Yves Chemin on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday

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Sueur, F. Dynamics of a rigid body in a two-dimensional incompressible perfect fluid and the zero-radius limit. Sci. China Math. 62, 1205–1218 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11425-018-9505-8

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