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Example Question #1651 : Calculus 3
Find the gradient vector for the following function:
The gradient vector of the function is given by
To find the given partial derivative of the function, we must treat the other variable(s) as constants.
The partial derivatives are
, ,
Example Question #92 : Gradient Vector, Tangent Planes, And Normal Lines
Find the gradient vector for the following function:
The gradient vector of the function is given by
To find the given partial derivative of the function, we must treat the other variable(s) as constants.
The partial derivatives are
, ,
Example Question #1652 : Calculus 3
Write the equation of the tangent plane to the following function at :
The equation of the tangent plane is given by
So, we must find the partial derivatives for the function evaluated at the point given. To find the given partial derivative of the function, we must treat the other variable(s) as constants.
The partial derivatives are
, ,
The partial derivatives evaluated at the given point
, ,
Plugging our known information into the equation above, we get
which simplifies to
Example Question #94 : Gradient Vector, Tangent Planes, And Normal Lines
Find the function with the gradient:
that satisfies the condition
One easy solution is to just compute the gradients of each of the multiple choices for this problem and then apply the given condition . If your exam is not multiple choice, you will have to use a more insightful approach. Compare the given gradient to the general definition of a gradient:
(1)
Since we obtain the gradient by computing the partial derivatives of each independent variable, we can obtain the function by integrating each component and then combining the results to write a single expression for
Looking at the results, note that each we obtained may include either some of the terms or all of the terms of the functions actual function. In this case, integrating the component gave back all the terms of .
So our function will have the form:
Apply the condition :
Therefore the function we were looking for has the form:
Example Question #3 : Line Integrals
Compute for
In order to find the divergence, we need to remember the formula.
Divergence Formula:
, where , , and correspond to the components of a given vector field .
Now lets apply this to our situation.
Example Question #3 : Line Integrals
Compute for
In order to find the divergence, we need to remember the formula.
Divergence Formula:
, where , , and correspond to the components of a given vector field .
Now lets apply this to our situation.
Example Question #4 : Line Integrals
Compute for
In order to find the divergence, we need to remember the formula.
Divergence Formula:
, where , , and correspond to the components of a given vector field .
Now lets apply this to our situation.
Example Question #4 : Line Integrals
Find , where
In order to find the divergence, we need to remember the formula.
Divergence Formula:
, where , , and correspond to the components of a given vector field .
Now lets apply this to our situation.
Example Question #1 : Divergence
Compute , where
All we need to do is calculate the partial derivatives and add them together.
Example Question #1 : Divergence
Given the vector field
find the divergence of the vector field:
.
Given a vector field
we find its divergence by taking the dot product with the gradient operator:
We know that , so we have