Recent questions tagged vector-calculus

​​​​Consider a Cartesian coordinate system defined over a $3$-dimensional vector space with orthogonal unit basis vectors $\hat{\imath}, \hat{\jmath}$ and $\hat{k}$. Let ...

Consider the line integral $\int_{C} \boldsymbol{F}(\boldsymbol{r}) \cdot d \boldsymbol{r}$, with $\boldsymbol{F}(\boldsymbol{r})=x \hat{\boldsymbol{\imath}}+y \hat{\bold...

For a two-dimensional plane, the unit vectors, $\left(\hat{e}_r, \hat{e}_\theta\right)$ of the polar coordinate system and $(\hat{\imath}, \hat{\jmath})$ of the cartesian...

The directional derivative of $f\left ( x, y, z \right ) = 4x^{2}+2y^{2}+z^{2}$ at the point $(1, 1, 1)$ in the direction of the vector $\vec{v} = \hat{i} - \hat{k}$ is _...

Consider a sphere of radius $4$, centered at the origin, with outward unit normal $\hat{n}$ on its surface $S$. The value of the surface integral $\iint _{s} \left ( \dfr...

A three-dimensional velocity field is given by $V=5x^2y \: i + Cy \: j-10xyz \: k$, where $i,j,k$ are the unit vectors in $x,y,z$ directions, respectively, describing a c...

Consider the following continuously differentiable function $$\textbf{v}(x,y,z)=3x^2y \textbf{ i} + 8y^2z \textbf{ j} + 5xyz \textbf{ k}$$ where $\textbf{i, j,}$ and $\te...

If $x,y$ and $z$ are directions in a Cartesian coordinate system and $i$, $j$ and $k$ are the respective unit vectors, the directional derivative of the function $u\left ...

Let $i$ and $j$ be the unit vectors in the $x$ and $y$ directions, respectively. For the function $F\left ( x,y \right )=x^{3}+y^{2}$ the gradient of the function. i.e.. ...

The following set of the three vectors$$\begin{pmatrix} 1\\2\\1 \end{pmatrix}, \begin{pmatrix} x\\6\\x \end{pmatrix}\:and \:\begin{pmatrix} 3\\4 \\2 \end{pmatrix},$$is li...

A scalar function in the $xy$-plane is given by $\phi \left ( x,y \right )=x^{2}+y^{2}$. If $\hat{i}$ and $\hat{j}$ are unit vectors in the $x$ and $y$ directions, the d...

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