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Differential Operators for Vector Fields
What are correct ways to represent differential operations related to vector fields?
✍: FYIcenter.com
"ISO 80000-2 Quantities and Units - Mathematics" specifies
that differential operations should be represented as described below:
Del (Nabla) Operator - The nabla operator is a vector operator and should be identified by the Nabla symbol ∇ (U+2207, ∇ and ∇). It can be defined as a vector:
<math><mo>∇</mo> <mo>≔</mo> <mo>(</mo>
<mfrac> <mo>∂</mo> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>x</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> <mo>,</mo>
<mfrac> <mo>∂</mo> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>y</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> <mo>,</mo>
<mfrac> <mo>∂</mo> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>y</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> <mo>)</mo>
</math>
Gradient Operation - The gradient operation measures the rate and direction of change of a scalar field at a given point. It should be identified as the grad(f) function or the multiplication of the Nabla operator ∇:
<math> <mi>grad</mi> <mi>f</mi> <mo>=</mo>
<mo>∇</mo> <mi>f</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mo>(</mo>
<mfrac> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>f</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>x</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> <mo>,</mo>
<mfrac> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>f</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>y</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> <mo>,</mo>
<mfrac> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>f</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>y</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> <mo>)</mo>
</math>
Divergence Operation - The divergence operation measures the rate at which a vector field flows out of a give point. It should be identified as the div(F) function or the dot product of the Nabla operator ∇:
<math> <mi>div</mi> <mi mathvariant="bold-italic">F</mi> <mo>=</mo>
<mo>∇</mo> <mo>⋅</mo> <mi mathvariant="bold-italic">F</mi> <mo>=</mo>
<mfrac> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <msub> <mi>F</mi> <mi>x</mi> </msub> </mrow>
<mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>x</mi> </mrow></mfrac> <mo>+</mo>
<mfrac> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <msub> <mi>F</mi> <mi>y</mi> </msub> </mrow>
<mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>y</mi> </mrow></mfrac> <mo>+</mo>
<mfrac> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <msub> <mi>F</mi> <mi>z</mi> </msub> </mrow>
<mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>z</mi> </mrow></mfrac>&/math>
Rotation Operation - The rotation (or curl) operation measures the tendency of rotation of a vector field at a give point. It should be identified as the rot(F) function or the cross product of the Nabla operator ∇:
<math> <mi>rot</mi> <mi mathvariant="bold-italic">F</mi> <mo>=</mo>
<mo>∇</mo> <mo>×</mo> <mi mathvariant="bold-italic">F</mi> <mo>=</mo>
<mo>(</mo>
<mfrac> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <msub> <mi>F</mi> <mi>z</mi> </msub> </mrow>
<mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>y</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> <mo>-</mo>
<mfrac> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <msub> <mi>F</mi> <mi>y</mi> </msub> </mrow>
<mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>z</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> <mo>,</mo>
<mfrac> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <msub> <mi>F</mi> <mi>x</mi> </msub> </mrow>
<mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>z</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> <mo>-</mo>
<mfrac> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <msub> <mi>F</mi> <mi>z</mi> </msub> </mrow>
<mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>x</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> <mo>,</mo>
<mfrac> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <msub> <mi>F</mi> <mi>y</mi> </msub> </mrow>
<mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>x</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> <mo>-</mo>
<mfrac> <mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <msub> <mi>F</mi> <mi>x</mi> </msub> </mrow>
<mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <mi>y</mi> </mrow> </mfrac>
<mo>)</mo></math>
Laplacian Operation - The Laplacian operation measures the difference between the value of the scalar field with its average on infinitesimal balls at a given point. It should be identified as ∇2:
<math>
<msup><mo>∇</mo><mn>2</mn></msup><mi>f</mi><mo>=</mo>
<mo>∇</mo><mo>⋅</mo> <mo>∇</mo> <mi>f</mi> <mo>=</mo>
<mfrac> <mrow> <msup><mo>∂</mo><mn>2</mn></msup> <mi>f</mi> </mrow>
<mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <msup><mi>x</mi><mn>2</mn></msup> </mrow></mfrac> <mo>+</mo>
<mfrac> <mrow> <msup><mo>∂</mo><mn>2</mn></msup> <mi>f</mi> </mrow>
<mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <msup><mi>y</mi><mn>2</mn></msup> </mrow></mfrac> <mo>+</mo>
<mfrac> <mrow> <msup><mo>∂</mo><mn>2</mn></msup> <mi>f</mi> </mrow>
<mrow> <mo>∂</mo> <msup><mi>z</mi><mn>2</mn></msup> </mrow></mfrac></math>
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