Question: Consider a velocity field with non vanishing curl. Define a locally orthonormal basis at a point in the velocity field, so that one basis vector,

Consider a velocity field with non vanishing curl. Define a locally orthonormal basis at a point in the velocity field, so that one basis vector, ex, is parallel to the vorticity. Now imagine the remaining two basis vectors as being frozen into the fluid. Show that they will both rotate about the axis defined by ex and that the vorticity will be the sum of their angular velocities (i.e., twice the average of their angular velocities).

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