Divergence and curl (rot) of vector fields

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Find div⁡(grad⁡u)\operatorname {div}(\operatorname {grad} u).

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Find div⁡[grad⁡f(r)]\operatorname {div}\left[\operatorname {grad} f(r)\right], where r=x2+y2+z2r=\sqrt{x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}. Under what condition is div⁡[grad⁡f(r)]=0\operatorname {div}\left[\operatorname {grad} f(r)\right]=0?

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Compute: (1) div⁡r→\operatorname {div}\overrightarrow {r}; (2) div⁡r→r\operatorname {div}\dfrac {\overrightarrow {r}}{r}.

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Compute div⁡[f(r)c→]\operatorname {div}\left[f(r)\overrightarrow {c}\right], where c→\overrightarrow {c} is a constant vector.

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Find div⁡[f(r)r→]\operatorname {div}\left[f(r)\overrightarrow {r}\right]. Under what condition is the divergence of this vector equal to zero?

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Find: (1) div⁡(ugrad⁡u)\operatorname {div}(u\operatorname {grad} u); (2) div⁡(ugrad⁡v)\operatorname {div}(u\operatorname {grad} v).

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A body rotates counterclockwise about the OzOz axis with a certain angular velocity ω→\overrightarrow {\omega }. Find the divergence of the velocity vector v→\overrightarrow {v} and the acceleration vector w→\overrightarrow {w} at the point M(x,y,z)M(x,y,z) in space, and at a given moment in time.

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Find the divergence of the force field produced by a finite system of gravitational centers.

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Find the expression for the divergence of a plane vector a→=a→(r,φ)\overrightarrow {a}=\overrightarrow {a}(r,\varphi ) represented in polar coordinates rr and φ\varphi.

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Let

x=f(u,v,w),y=g(u,v,w),z=h(u,v,w), x=f(u,v,w) , \qquad y=g(u,v,w) , \qquad z=h(u,v,w) ,

express div⁡a→(x,y,z)\operatorname {div}\overrightarrow {a}(x,y,z) in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates uu, vv, ww.

As special cases, find the expressions for div⁡a→\operatorname {div}\overrightarrow {a} in cylindrical coordinates and in spherical coordinates.

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Prove:

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rot⁡(a→+b→)=rot⁡a→+rot⁡b→\operatorname {rot}(\overrightarrow {a}+\overrightarrow {b}) = \operatorname {rot}\overrightarrow {a}+\operatorname {rot}\overrightarrow {b};

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rot⁡(ua→)=urot⁡a→+grad⁡u×a→\operatorname {rot}(u\overrightarrow {a}) = u\operatorname {rot}\overrightarrow {a}+\operatorname {grad} u\times \overrightarrow {a}.

Find: (1) rot⁡r→\operatorname {rot}\overrightarrow {r}; (2) rot⁡[f(r)r→]\operatorname {rot}\left[f(r)\overrightarrow {r}\right].

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Find: (1) rot⁡c→f(r)\operatorname {rot}\overrightarrow {c}f(r), (2) rot⁡[c→×f(r)r→]\operatorname {rot}\left[\overrightarrow {c}\times f(r)\overrightarrow {r}\right] (where c→\overrightarrow {c} is a fixed vector).

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Prove that div⁡(a→×b→)=b→⋅rot⁡a→−a→⋅rot⁡b→\operatorname {div}(\overrightarrow {a}\times \overrightarrow {b}) = \overrightarrow {b}\cdot \operatorname {rot}\overrightarrow {a}-\overrightarrow {a}\cdot \operatorname {rot}\overrightarrow {b}.

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Find: (1) rot⁡(grad⁡u)\operatorname {rot}(\operatorname {grad} u); (2) div⁡(rot⁡a→)\operatorname {div}(\operatorname {rot}\overrightarrow {a}).

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A body rotates with constant angular velocity ω\omega about the axis l→{cos⁡α,cos⁡β,cos⁡γ}\overrightarrow {l}\left\{ \cos \alpha ,\cos \beta ,\cos \gamma \right\}. Find the curl of the velocity vector v→\overrightarrow {v} at the point M(x,y,z)M(x,y,z) of space at a given instant of time.

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References

[Dem97] Demidovich B.P. Сборник задач и упражнений по математическому анализу. 13-е изд., Издательство Московского университета / Издательство "ЧеРо", 1997.