Scribd
Upload
81 views

Assignment 1

This document is a homework assignment for an electromagnetism physics course. It contains 13 problems involving vector calculus concepts like the gradient, divergence, and curl operators. Students are asked to find vector components, prove vector identities, compute gradient/divergence/curl of functions, and apply product rules for vector calculus operators. The assignment is worth 100 marks and students must show their work to solve all problems.

Uploaded by

Manoj Balakrishna
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
81 views

Assignment 1

This document is a homework assignment for an electromagnetism physics course. It contains 13 problems involving vector calculus concepts like the gradient, divergence, and curl operators. Students are asked to find vector components, prove vector identities, compute gradient/divergence/curl of functions, and apply product rules for vector calculus operators. The assignment is worth 100 marks and students must show their work to solve all problems.

Uploaded by

Manoj Balakrishna
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

Home Assignment: 1

Department of Physics IISER Bhopal

Electromagnetism ( PHY-102)
Duration:..... 100 Marks

Instructions

Answer all the questions

1. Find the angle between the face diagonals of a cube.

2. Find the angle between the body diagonals of a cube.

3. Find a unit vector A that is perpendicular to,

B = 2x̂ + ŷ − ẑ, C = x̂ − ŷ + ẑ

4. If four vectors a, b, c and d all lie in the same plane show that,
(a × b) × (c × d) = 0

5. Prove that,
[A × (B × C)] + [B × (C × A)] + [C × (A × B)] = 0.

6. The orbital angular momentum L of a particle L = r × p, where p is linear momentum. With the
linear and angular velocity related by v = ω × r. show that L = mr2 [ω − r̂(r̂ · ω)].

7. Compute the Values of A · B × C given in the question number 3.


1
8. If a scaler function f (xy, z) = (x2 +y 2 +z 2 )− 2 , find ∇f at the point (1, 2, 3). Also compute magnitude
of f and |∇f | at (1, 2, 3).

9. Given a vector r12 = (x1 − x2 )x̂ + (y1 − y2 )ŷ + (z1 − z2 )ẑ, show that ∇1 r12 gradient with respect to
x1 , y1 and z1 ) is a unit vector in direction of r12 .

10. Show that ∇(fg) = g∇f + f ∇g, where u and v are differentiable scaler functions of x, y and z.

11. Let r be the separation vector from a fixed point (x0 , y 0 , z 0 ) to the point (x, y, z) and the r be the its
length. Show that
a) ∇(r2 ) = 2r.
b) ∇(1/r) = −r̂r2 .
c) What is general formula for ∇(rn ) ?

1
12. Compute the divergence of the following vector functions.
a) v = x2 x̂ + 3xz 2 ŷ − 2xz ẑ.
b) v = xyx̂ + 2yz ŷ + 3zxẑ.
c) v = y 2 x̂ + (2x + z 2 )ŷ + 2yz ẑ.

13. Prove following product rules for the gradient, divergence and curl using product rule for ordinary
derivatives,

a) ∇(A · B) = A × (∇ × B) + B × (∇ × A) + (A · ∇)B + (B · ∇)A.

b) ∇ × (A × B) = (B · ∇)A − (A · ∇)B + A(∇ · B) − B(∇ · A).

c) ∇ × (f A) = f (∇ × A) − A × (∇f ).

d) ∇ · (f A) = f (∇ · A) + A · (∇f ).

You might also like