Course NAME: Vector and Tensor Analysis

Course code: MATH-5124 Department of Physics

Chapter: 03

Vector Valued Function

Differentiation of a Vector Function:

Let 𝑟⃗(𝑡) = 𝑟⃗ be a vector function, then

𝑓 ′ (𝑡) =

Symbolically:

Derivative of the vector function r w.r.t scalar t

Its 2nd, 3rd , 4th and so on nth derivative

𝑑𝑟 𝑑2𝑟 𝑑𝑟
Example: 𝑟⃗(𝑡) = sin t i + cos t j + t k , find , ,ቚ ቚ
𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡 2 𝑑𝑡
Course NAME: Vector and Tensor Analysis

Course code: MATH-5124 Department of Physics

Differential formula:
𝑑 𝑑𝐴⃗ ⃗⃗
𝑑𝐵
(a)
𝑑𝑡
(𝐴⃗ + 𝐵
⃗⃗) =
𝑑𝑡
+
𝑑𝑡
𝑑 ⃗⃗
𝑑𝐵 𝑑𝐴⃗
(b)
𝑑𝑡
(𝐴⃗ . 𝐵
⃗⃗) = 𝐴⃗. +
𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡
⃗⃗
.𝐵
𝑑 ⃗⃗
𝑑𝐵 𝑑𝐴⃗
(c)
𝑑𝑡
(𝐴⃗ × 𝐵
⃗⃗) = 𝐴⃗ ×
𝑑𝑡
+
𝑑𝑡
⃗⃗
×𝐵
𝑑𝜑𝐴⃗ 𝑑𝐴⃗ 𝑑𝜑
(d) = 𝜑 + 𝐴⃗
𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡
𝑑[𝐴⃗ 𝐵
⃗⃗ 𝐶⃗]
(e) =
𝑑𝑡
⃗ ⃗⃗× 𝐶⃗)]
𝑑[𝐴 ×( 𝐵
(f) =
𝑑𝑡

Example:
𝑑 𝑑𝑎⃗⃗
If 𝑎⃗ is a vector function find the value of ቀ𝑎⃗ × 𝑑𝑡 ቁ =
𝑑𝑡

Example: if 𝑟⃗ = cos 𝜔𝑡 𝑎⃗ + sin 𝜔𝑡 𝑏⃗⃗

Then show that

Course NAME: Vector and Tensor Analysis

Course code: MATH-5124 Department of Physics

Example:
Course NAME: Vector and Tensor Analysis

Course code: MATH-5124 Department of Physics