Calculus 3 : Line Integrals

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Divergence

Compute , where 

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Explanation:

All we need to do is calculate the partial derivatives and add them together.

Example Question #11 : Line Integrals

Given the vector field

find the divergence of the vector field:

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Explanation:

Given a vector field 

we find its divergence by taking the dot product with the gradient operator:

We know that , so we have 

Example Question #1 : Divergence

Suppose that . Calculate the divergence.

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We know,

Use this to obtain the correct answer

Example Question #2 : Divergence

Given that

calculate 

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using this formula we have

Example Question #9 : Divergence

Find , where F is given by the following curve:

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The divergence of a vector is given by

where 

So, we take the partial derivative of each component of our vector with respect to x, y, and z respectively and add them together:

The derivatives were found using the following rules:

Example Question #3 : Divergence

Find  where F is given by

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The divergence of a curve is given by

where 

Taking the dot product of the gradient and the curve, we end up summing the respective partial derivatives (for example, the x coordinate's partial derivative with respect to x is found).

The partial derivatives are:

The following rules were used to find the derivatives:

Example Question #12 : Line Integrals

Compute the divergence of the vector .

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To find the divergence of the vector 

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we use the formula 

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Computing each partial derivative, we get 

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Adding them up gives us the correct answer.

Example Question #13 : Line Integrals

Compute the divergence of the vector .

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To find the divergence of the vector , we use the formula 

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Computing each partial derivative, we get 

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Adding them up gives us the correct answer.

Example Question #14 : Line Integrals

Compute the divergence of the vector. 

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To find the divergence of the vector , we use the formula 

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Computing each partial derivative, we get 

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Adding them up gives us the correct answer.

Example Question #15 : Line Integrals

Find the divergence of the vector 

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The formula for the divergence of a vector  is . Using the vector from the problem statement, we get . Adding them up gets us the correct answer.

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