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How to get answers on Ask Professor Kirby
AskProfessorKirby.com is supposed to be a forum where people can ask fluid mechanics questions and get correct answers. It is a public-facing version of a tool I built for my students at Cornell. Getting answers from t… |
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What is Professor Kirby Bot
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