Curl operator Definition and 13 Threads

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In my EM class, this vector identity for the angular momentum operator (without the ##i##) was stated without proof. Is there anywhere I can look to to actually find a good example/proof on how this works? This is in spherical coordinates, and I can't seem to find this vector identity anywhere...

Homework Statement The angular velocity vector of a rigid object rotating about the z-axis is given by ω = ω z-hat. At any point in the rotating object, the linear velocity vector is given by v = ω X r, where r is the position vector to that point. a.) Assuming that ω is constant, evaluate v...

How can a curl of 4-vector or 6-vector be writen? Let's say that we have a 4-vector A4=(a1,a2,a3,a4) how can we write in details the ∇×A4 Can we follow the same procedure for 6-vector?

Hi, I stumbled upon thinking that "Is curl operator a linear operator" ? I was reading EM Theory and studied that the electromagnetic field satisfies the curl relations of E and B. But if the operator was not linear then how can a non linear operator give rise to a linear solution. Thus it...

Hi, i now studying vector calculus, and for sheer curiosity i would like know if there exist a direct fashion to generalize the rotor operator, to more than 3 dimensions! On wiki there exist a voice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curl_(mathematics)#Generalizations , but I do not know how you...

Hi all, I am very confused on how to define the vector product or cross product in a physical sense. I know the vector product is a psuedovector, and that it is the area of a parallelogram geometrically. However, I know it used used to describe rotation in physics. As with torque, magnetism and...

Homework Statement An em wave in free space has an electric field vector E = f(t-z/c0)x where x is a unit vector in the x direction and f(t)= exp(-t2/τ2)exp(j2πv0t). Describe the physical nature of this wave and determine an expression of the magnetic field vector. Homework Equations...

Homework Statement Hello I was given the vector field: \vec A (\vec r) =(−y(x^2+y^2),x(x^2+y^2),xyz) and had to calculate the line integral \oint \vec A \cdot d \vec r over a circle centered at the origin in the xy-plane, with radius R , by using the theorem of Stokes. Another thing, when...

Hello, I am a beginner in electromagnetism. I am trying to find a vector field whose rotation equals 1 with a curl operator. If I say that the vector field is defined by V(y;2x;0) does it work? As a result, I find (0;0;1), am I right?

http://web.mit.edu/6.013_book/www/chapter2/2.4.html I was going through the curl derivation on the above link. How does equation 3 turn out? Δy is the incremental length. But how do you decide whether it is +Δy/2 or -Δy/2. And why is the line integral taken Δz when the change is in the y...

Let's say I have this relation B=∇XA I know B, now I want A. What ever do I do? Is there some tried and true method out there?

Homework Statement Their solution: The Attempt at a Solution My attempt: My query is: where have I gone wrong? Or are the solutions incorrect? Edit: Actually I just figured it out, I am right, just that I never divided by \omega*\epsilon, and I do get the same answer.