Stokes Creeping Flow & the Stokes Paradox

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Stokes flow (Re→0) around a cylinder is perfectly fore-aft symmetric — no drag paradox in 2D. Oseen's correction breaks this symmetry, restoring a finite drag. Drag: F = 4πμU/[ln(2/Re)−0.5] (Oseen).