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Falkner-Skan Verification

Analytic-limit tests that confirm the Falkner-Skan solver is solving the governing equations correctly.

Case Description
Blasius limit \(M_e \to 0\), adiabatic, \(\beta=0\) — recovers classical Blasius \(f''(0)\)
Crocco relation \(\Pr=1\), adiabatic — pointwise \(\tau(\eta)\) matches Crocco's theorem
Hiemenz stagnation point \(\beta=1\), \(M_e \to 0\) — recovers stagnation-point wall shear
Hartree table \(\beta = 0, 0.2, 0.5, 1.0\), \(M_e \to 0\) — matches Hartree (1937) tabulated \(f''(0)\)
Separation point \(\beta \approx -0.1988\)\(f''(0) \to 0\) at Hartree separation parameter