We analyze in classical
Lq(ℝn)-spaces, n = 2 or n = 3, 1 < q < ∞, a singular integral operator arising from
the linearization of a hydrodynamical problem with a rotating obstacle. The
corresponding system of partial differential equations of second order involves an
angular derivative which is not subordinate to the Laplacian. The main tools are
Littlewood–Paley theory and a decomposition of the singular kernel in Fourier
space.