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    This document discusses vector operator identities and their application in curvilinear coordinate systems. It shows that in a material with no free charge and zero conductivity, the electric field E must satisfy the wave equation. It also provides general expressions for gradient, divergence and curl in any orthogonal curvilinear coordinate system using factors introduced in an earlier lecture to define the unit vectors in each coordinate direction.

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    64 LECTURE 6.

    VECTOR OPERATOR IDENTITIES

       
    In addition, we can assume the following
     ,    ,    ,   
    ! !
    where all the scalars are constants.
    Question: Show that in a material with no free charge,   , and with zero conductivity,   , the
    eletric field  must be a solution of the wave equation

    
                #
    ! !
    Answer: The good news is that we can do this knowing little about EM waves!
    $
       
      !     ! 
      
       
     
        
      !    !   $
       
              !      
                  !

    But we know (or rather you worked out) that            
       
                 !    
     , so

    
           
      
     
    so interchanging the order of partial differentation, and using  
      :
    
     !          
     
      ,
     !
      *  !     
     
     
    !
     !     
     

    6.9 Grad, div, curl and


     in curvilinear co-ordinate systems


    It is possible to obtain general expressions for grad, div and curl in any orthogonal curvilinear co-ordinate
    system by making use of the factors which were introduced in Lecture 4.
    We recall that the unit vector in the direction of increasing , with   and  being kept constant, is

     
       
    where  is the radius vector, and
       
        
    and similar expressions apply for the other co-ordinate directions. Then

    (
         (      (       (  #

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