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Student[VectorCalculus]

  

Curl

  

compute the curl of a vector field in R^3

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

Curl(F)

Curl(c)

Parameters

F

-

(optional) vector field or Vector-valued procedure; specify the components of the vector field

c

-

(optional) specify the coordinate system

Description

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The Curl(F) calling sequence computes the curl of the vector field F in R^3.  This is equivalent to Del&xF and CrossProduct(Del, F).

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If F is a Vector-valued procedure, the default coordinate system is used, and it must be indexed by the coordinate names.  Otherwise, F must be a vector field.

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If F is a procedure, the result is a procedure.  Otherwise, the result is a vector field.

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The Curl(c) calling sequence returns the differential form of the curl operator in the coordinate system specified by c, which can be given as:

  

* an indexed name, e.g., sphericalr,φ,θ

  

* a name, e.g., spherical; default coordinate names will be used

  

* a list of names, e.g., r,φ,θ; the current coordinate system will be used, with these as the coordinate names

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The Curl() calling sequence returns the differential form of the curl operator in the current coordinate system.  For more information, see SetCoordinates.

Examples

withStudentVectorCalculus:

FVectorFieldy,x,0

CurlF

To display the differential form of the curl operator:

Curl

SetCoordinatescylindricalr,θ,z:

Curl

Curls,φ,w

Curlspherical

Curlsphericalα,ψ,γ

Nabla is a synonym for Del.

SetCoordinatescartesian

cartesian

(1)

Del&xF

&xF

CrossProductDel,F

Curlx,y,zx2,y2,z2

x,y,zVectorCalculus:−Vector0,0,0,attributes=vectorfield,coords=cartesianx,y,z

(2)

SetCoordinatescylindricalr,θ,z

cylindricalr,θ,z

(3)

Curlr,θ,zfr,θ,z,gr,θ,z,hr,θ,z

r,θ,z→VectorCalculus:-Vectorθhr,θ,zrzgr,θ,zr,zfr,θ,zrhr,θ,z,gr,θ,z+rrgr,θ,zθfr,θ,zr,attributes=vectorfield,coords=cylindricalr,θ,z

(4)

See Also

Student[VectorCalculus]

Student[VectorCalculus][CrossProduct]

Student[VectorCalculus][Del]

Student[VectorCalculus][Divergence]

Student[VectorCalculus][Laplacian]

Student[VectorCalculus][Nabla]

Student[VectorCalculus][SetCoordinates]

Student[VectorCalculus][Vector]

Student[VectorCalculus][VectorField]