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VECTOR CALCULUS
VECTOR CALCULUS
VECTOR CALCULUS
12.5
Curl and Divergence
In this section, we will learn about:
The operations of curl and divergence
and how they can be used to obtain
vector forms of Greens Theorem.
CURL
Suppose:
F = P i + Q j + R k is a vector field on
CURL
Equation 1
curl F =
R Q P R Q P
y z i + z x j + x y k
CURL
= i + j +k
x
y
z
CURL
f
f
f
f = i + j + k
x
y
z
f
f
f
= i + j+ k
x
y
z
CURL
If we think of
as a vector with
CURL
F
i
=
x
P
y
Q
z
R
R Q P R Q P
=
i+
k
j+
y z z x x y
= curl F