Multivariable Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 0-53849-787-4
ISBN 13: 978-0-53849-787-9

Chapter 16 - Vector Calculus - 16.5 Exercises - Page 1122: 26

Answer

$curl (fF)=f curl F+(\nabla f) \times F$

Work Step by Step

Need to prove that $curl (fF)=\nabla f \times F+f curl F$ Let us consider that $F=A i+B j+C k$ Suppose $F=F_1i+F_2j+F_3z$ $curl (fF)=curl (f F_1i+f F_2 j+fF_3 k)=[\dfrac{\partial [fF_3]}{\partial y}-\dfrac{\partial [fF_2]}{\partial z}]i+[\dfrac{\partial [fF_3]}{\partial x}-\dfrac{\partial [fF_1]}{\partial z}]j+[\dfrac{\partial [fF_2]}{\partial x}-\dfrac{\partial [fF_1]}{\partial y}]k$ $curl (fF)=F_3[\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial y}i-\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial x}j]+F_1[\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial z}j-\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial y}k]+F_2[\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial x}k-\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial z}i]+f curl F$ Hence, $curl (fF)=f curl F+(\nabla f) \times F$
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