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This document contains 10 questions related to electromagnetism for a physics assignment. Students are asked to calculate Laplacians and curls of vector functions, prove that the divergence of a curl is always zero, compare work done by different paths in a force field, calculate divergences and determine conditions for vector functions to be solenoidal, and check divergence and Stokes theorems for various vector functions and volumes. Integrals involving the Dirac delta function are also to be evaluated.

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This document contains 10 questions related to electromagnetism for a physics assignment. Students are asked to calculate Laplacians and curls of vector functions, prove that the divergence of a curl is always zero, compare work done by different paths in a force field, calculate divergences and determine conditions for vector functions to be solenoidal, and check divergence and Stokes theorems for various vector functions and volumes. Integrals involving the Dirac delta function are also to be evaluated.

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Home Assignment: 2

Department of Physics IISER Bhopal

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

Instructions

Answer all the questions

1. Calculate the Laplacian of the following functions


a) T = x2 + 2xy + 3z + 4.
b) T = e−5x sin(4y)cos(3z).
c) v = x2 x̂ + 3xz ŷ − 2xz ẑ (Note that this is a vector function of field)

2. calculate curl 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.

3. Prove that divergence of a curl is always zero.

4. The force field acting on a two dimensional linear oscillator may be described by F = −kxx̂ − −ky ŷ.
Compare the work done against going this force field from (1,1) to (4,4) by the following paths
a)(1,1)→ (4,1) → (4,4)
b) (1,1)→ (1,4) → (4,4)

5. Calculate the divergence of the v = r̂/r2 . Sketch the vector field.

6. A vector function whose divergence is zero is called solenoidal. Determine the constant a so that the
following vector is solenoidal, V = (4x + 2y − 3z)x̂+(x − y)ŷ+(5x − 7y + az)ẑ.

7. Check the divergence theorem for the function v = r2 r̂. Using as your volume the sphere of radius
R entered at origin.

8. Check the divergence theorem for the function v = r2 cos θ r̂ + r cos φ θ̂ − r2 sin φ cos θ φ̂ using as
your volume over one octant of the sphere of radius R. (Make sure you include the entire surface. )

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9. Check the Stokes theorem for the vector function v = xyx̂ + 2yz ŷ + 3xz ẑ, using the triangular shaded
are shown in the figure.

10. Evaluate
R 3 3 the following integrals
a) 0 x δ(x + 1)dx.
R5
b) 0 cos(x)δ(x − π)dx.
R1
c) −1 (x3 + 3x + 1)δ(x − 1)dx.
R2
d) −2 (2x + 1)δ(3x)dx.

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