This document contains an assignment for a Physics I course consisting of 8 problems:
1. Find the gradient of a function of x, y, and z.
2. Find the divergence of a vector field.
3. Determine the curl of the curl of a magnetic field B.
4. Identify which of two vector fields represents an electric field.
5. Calculate the electric potential and field from a charged ring and show the field is maximized at a specific distance.
6. Find the charge density that generates a given electrostatic potential.
7. Calculate the electric field inside a uniformly charged solid sphere.
8. Find properties such as total charge and electric field for a sphere with
This document contains an assignment for a Physics I course consisting of 8 problems:
1. Find the gradient of a function of x, y, and z.
2. Find the divergence of a vector field.
3. Determine the curl of the curl of a magnetic field B.
4. Identify which of two vector fields represents an electric field.
5. Calculate the electric potential and field from a charged ring and show the field is maximized at a specific distance.
6. Find the charge density that generates a given electrostatic potential.
7. Calculate the electric field inside a uniformly charged solid sphere.
8. Find properties such as total charge and electric field for a sphere with
1. Find the gradient of function (x,y,z) = x2y3z4.
2. Find the divergence of vector 𝑣⃗ = 𝑥 2 𝑖̂ + 3𝑥𝑧 2 𝑗̂ − 2𝑥𝑧𝑘̂ . 3. Determine ∇ × (∇ × 𝐵 ⃗⃗ ) where 𝐵 ⃗⃗ is the magnetic field. 4. Following are the two vectors, 𝐴⃗ = 𝑥𝑦 𝑖̂ + 2𝑦𝑧 𝑗̂ + 3𝑥𝑧 𝑘̂ and 𝐵 ⃗⃗ = 𝑦 2 𝑖̂ + (2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑧 2 ) 𝑗̂ + 2𝑦𝑧 𝑘̂ . Find out which one represent an electric field. 5. Suppose there is a circular ring of radius R and carries a uniform line charge density . Calculate both potential and electric field at a distance z directly above the center of the ring. Also show that electric field shows the maximum value for z = R/2. 6. An electrostatic potential is given by = 0(x2 + y2 + z2) where 0 is the constant. Find the charge density which has created this potential. 7. A solid sphere of radius R carries a uniform volume charge density . Calculate the electric field inside the sphere at a distance r from its center. 8. Suppose there is a sphere of radius a and it has volume charge density (𝑟) = 𝜌0 . (𝑎/𝑟) for 0 < r < a and (r) = 0 for r > a. Find the total charge contained in the sphere. Find the electric field both outside and inside the sphere. Find the total electrostatic energy of the system.