Divergence of vector field: Del operator/nabla

In summary, Homework Equations state that ∇.v=∂/∂x i + ∂/∂y j + ∂/∂z k, but this may very well be wrong. It seems that there are some issues that need to be addressed before we can solve for λ, including the definition of the del operator and the dot product.
  • #36
Hey not a problem, that's what we're here for.
 
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  • #37
who's serving things up on a silver platter now? :wink:
 
  • #38
XD
 
  • #39
Eh, we got to "the answer", it was just wrong. Substitution errors and whatnot haha.
 

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