ASSIGNMENTS

and
SOLUTIONS
ELECTRICITY and
MAGNETISM

International Class Program

Physics FKIP
Semester Ganjil 2014-2015
Drs. Philipus J. Patty, MSc.,PhD

SOLUTION ASSIGMNENT 1
ELECTRICITY and MAGNETISM

is represented by
= +2 3 , vector

3) Vector
and vector
= 4 + ,
by,
= 52 . Determine
by
,
b)
,
c)
.

a)
Solution:

can be determined as
a) Dot product
) (
)
(

= + 2 3 4 + = 8 3

= 11 .

can be determined as
b) Dot product
) (
)
(

= + 2 3 5 2 = 5 + 6

= 11 .

can be determined as
c) Dot product
(
) (
)

= 4 + 5 2 = 2

= 2 .

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,
and
from problem No.3,
4) This problem uses ,
,
b)
,
and c)
.

determine a)
Solution:

can be determined as
a) Cross product

 



 

=   =  1 2 3 


 

   0 4 1 

= (2 12) + (0 1) + (4 0) = 10 4 .

b) Cross product



can be determined as

 
  

 
 =  1 2 3 

 
  5 0 2 

c) Cross product



can be determined as

 

 

 
 =  0 4 1 

 
  5 0 2 

= (40)+(15+2)+(010) = 41310 .

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= (8 0) + (5 0) + (0 + 20) = 8 + 5 + 20 .

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SOLUTION ASSIGNMENT 2
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2) If function is expressed by = , determine

, gradient of .
Solution:
This problem can be approached using Cartesian coordinates. In Cartesian coordinates, gradient of ,
is,
() =

+
+
.

Since = ,
() =

() +
() +
()

() = + +

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SOLUTION ASSIGNMENT 3
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3) Determine divergence of function for a) = ,

b) = , c) = , d) = , e) = , f) = ,
h) = ,
i) = ,
j) Give your comments
g) = ,
for the solution you get from a to i.
Solution:
This problem can be approached using Cartesian coordinates. In Cartesian coordinates, divergence of function
is
div =

+
+
,

or,
div = =

)


+
+
.

a) For = ,
)
(

=
() = 1 .
+
+
div =

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b) For = ,
(
)

+
+
() = 0 .
div =
=

c) For = ,
(
)

div =
+
+
() = 0 .
=

d) For = ,
)
(

+
+
=
() = 0 .
div =

e) For = ,
)
(

=
() = 1 .
div =
+
+

f) For = ,
)
(

=
div =
() = 0 .
+
+

g) For = ,
)
(

= () = 0 .
+
+
div =

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h) For = ,
(
)

div =
+
+
= () = 0 .

i) For = ,
)
(

+
+
= () = 1 .
div =

j) What is clear from solutions a to i is that div is

not zero when its vector component is related to its unit
vector, otherwise it is zero.
2) Determine divergence of radial vector
() =
and
() =

Solution:
This problem can be approached using spherical coordinates. In spherical coordinates, divergence A can be
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written as
div = =
+

1 (2 )
2

1 sin
1
+
.
sin

sin

From the problem we know that only component exists,

so we can write,
div () = () =
=

1 (2 ())
1 (2 )
=
2

( +1 ) ( + 2) ( 1 ) 2
1
1 (+2 )
=
(
+
2)

2
2
2
(
)
div () = ( + 2) 1 .

For

,
2
1 (2 /2 )
1 (2 ())
= 2
div () = () = 2

1 ()
= 2

div () = 0 .
() =

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