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Gradient, Divergence, and Curl

The gradient operation takes a scalar field and produces a vector field. The divergence operation takes a vector field and produces a scalar field. The curl operation takes a vector field and produces another vector field. These three operations - gradient, divergence, and curl - are results of applying the Del operator to scalar and vector functions in different ways.

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Gradient, Divergence, and Curl

The gradient operation takes a scalar field and produces a vector field. The divergence operation takes a vector field and produces a scalar field. The curl operation takes a vector field and produces another vector field. These three operations - gradient, divergence, and curl - are results of applying the Del operator to scalar and vector functions in different ways.

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Gradient, Divergence,

and Curl
The gradient, divergence, and curl are the result of
applying the Del operator to various kinds of functions:
The Gradient is what you get when you multiply Del by a scalar function

Grad(f)=

Note that the result of the gradient is a vector field. We can say that the gradient operation turns a
scalar field into a vector field.

The Divergence is what you get when you dot Del with a vector field

Div( )=
Note that the result of the divergence is a scalar function. We can say that the divergence operation
turns a vector field into a scalar field.

The Curl is what you get when you cross Del with a vector field

Curl( )=
Note that the result of the curl is a vector field. We can say that the curl operation turns a vector
field into another vector field.
Created with Wolfram Mathematica 8.0

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