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This document contains 20 multi-part math and physics problems involving vector and scalar fields, including: calculating divergences and curls; showing that certain expressions are conservative vector fields or irrotational; finding gradients of scalar functions; directional derivatives; and applying vector calculus concepts like Gauss's divergence theorem. The problems cover core concepts in vector calculus and vector analysis.

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This document contains 20 multi-part math and physics problems involving vector and scalar fields, including: calculating divergences and curls; showing that certain expressions are conservative vector fields or irrotational; finding gradients of scalar functions; directional derivatives; and applying vector calculus concepts like Gauss's divergence theorem. The problems cover core concepts in vector calculus and vector analysis.

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Assignment 1 EP1118

1. Prove that (a) div curl A = 0 (b) curl grad ϕ = 0

2. Compute div F for F = (𝑥 2 𝑦, 𝑥𝑦𝑧, −𝑥 2 𝑦 2 ).

3. Prove that curl grad(f) = ∇ × (∇𝑓) = 0 (prove that curl of any


gradient is the zero vector)

4. Show that div curl F = 0 for 𝐹 = 𝑦𝑧 2 𝑖̂ + 𝑥𝑦𝑗̂ + 𝑦𝑧𝑘̂.

5. Show that 𝐹 = (𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 )𝑖̂ − 2𝑥𝑦𝑗̂ is not a gradient field.

6. Show that ∇f × ∇g is not compressible.

7. Check if the following vector field is conservative.


3𝑥 2 𝑦 𝑥3 2𝑥 3 𝑦
𝐹⃗ = (4𝑦 + 2 ) 𝑖̂ + (8𝑥𝑦 + 2 ) 𝑗̂ + (11 − 3 ) 𝑘̂
2
𝑧 𝑧 𝑧

8. Let f be a scalar field and 𝐹⃗ (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) and 𝐺⃗ (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) be vector fields.


Which one of the following expressions is/are wrong and why?
⃗⃗𝑓 = 𝑥 3 − 4𝑦
(a) ∇ (b) ⃗∇⃗. 𝐹⃗ = 𝑖̂ − 3𝑗̂ ⃗⃗ × 𝐺⃗ = ⃗∇⃗. 𝐹⃗
(c) ∇

9.Find the volume of a parallelopiped with adjacent side


⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝑂𝐵 = 𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂ , ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑂𝐴 = 3𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂ , ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝑂𝐶 = 𝑖̂ + 5𝑗̂ + 4𝑘̂
10. Find the gradient of the following functions:
(i)𝑙𝑛(1 + 𝑥 2 + 2𝑦 2 )
(ii)1/(𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 )

11. Find the directional derivative of 𝑓 = 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦𝑧 + 𝑧𝑥 in the


direction of the vector 𝑎⃗ = 𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂ at the point (1,2,0 ).

12. Find the unit vector 𝑛̂ normal to the surface represented by the
equation 𝑥 2 − 8𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 = 0 at the point (8,1,4).

13. If 𝑎⃗, 𝑏⃗⃗ are constant vectors and 𝑟⃗ = 𝑥𝑖̂ + 𝑦𝑗̂ + 𝑧𝑘̂, show ∇
⃗⃗(𝑎⃗. 𝑏⃗⃗ ×
𝑟⃗) = 𝑎⃗ × 𝑏⃗⃗ .

14. Evaluate ∇ ⃗⃗. [𝑟⃗𝑓 (𝑟)] where 𝑟⃗ is the position vector of a particle at
P(x, y, z) relative to the origin O(0, 0, 0).

⃗⃗ × (𝑓 ⃗∇⃗𝑓).
15. If f is a scalar find ∇

⃗⃗⃗⃗.𝑟⃗
𝑚
16. If 𝜓 = , 𝑟⃗ is the position vector of a fixed point and 𝑚
⃗⃗⃗ is a
𝑟3
⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑚 ⃗⃗⃗⃗.𝑟⃗)
3(𝑚
constant vector then prove that ∇𝜓 = 3 − 𝑟⃗.
𝑟 𝑟5
17. Compute div𝐹⃗ and curl𝐹⃗ for
(i)𝐹⃗ = 𝑥 2 𝑦𝑖̂ − (𝑧 3 − 3𝑥 )𝑗̂ + 4𝑦 2 𝑘̂
𝑥 3𝑦2
(ii) 𝐹⃗ = (3𝑥 + 2𝑧 2 )𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ − (𝑧 − 7𝑥 )𝑘̂
𝑦

18. A vector field 𝑎⃗ is defined by 𝑎⃗ = 𝑓 (𝑟)𝑟⃗ . If the field is to be


1
solenoidal, show that f(r) must be proportional to .
𝑟3

𝑟⃗
19. Find ⃗∇⃗. (𝐴⃗ × ) , 𝐴⃗ is a constant vector and 𝑟⃗ is the radius vector.
𝑟3

2
20. If 𝑟 2 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 , find ∇𝑒 𝑟 .

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