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Student[VectorCalculus]

  

DotProduct

  

compute the dot product of Vectors and differential operators

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

DotProduct(v1, v2)

v1 . v2

Parameters

v1

-

Vector or differential operator

v2

-

Vector or differential operator

Description

• 

The DotProduct(v1, v2) calling sequence computes the dot product (scalar product) of v1 and v2, where v1 and v2 can be Vectors, vector fields, Student[VectorCalculus]:-Del, or Student[VectorCalculus]:-Nabla.

• 

The Student[VectorCalculus] package has a `.` operator that you can use in place of the DotProduct command.  For example, DotProduct(v1, v2) is equivalent to v1·v2.

  

Also, Del·F is equivalent to Divergence(F).

Examples

withStudentVectorCalculus:

DotProducta,b,c,d

ac+bd

(1)

SetCoordinatespolarr,θ

polarr,θ

(2)

vRootedVectorroot=1,2,a,b

vab

(3)

wRootedVectorroot=1,2,c,d

wcd

(4)

v·w

ac+bd

(5)

FVectorFieldr2,θ

Del·F

3r2+1r

(6)

DivergenceF

3r2+1r

(7)

SetCoordinatescartesianx,y,z

cartesianx,y,z

(8)

LVectorFieldx,y,z·Delfx,y,z

Lxxfx,y,z+yyfx,y,z+zzfx,y,z

(9)

See Also

combine

Student[VectorCalculus]

Student[VectorCalculus][Del]

Student[VectorCalculus][Divergence]

Student[VectorCalculus][Laplacian]

Student[VectorCalculus][Nabla]

Student[VectorCalculus][SetCoordinates]

Student[VectorCalculus][Vector]

Student[VectorCalculus][VectorField]