Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 16 - Vector Calculus - 16.5 Curl and Divergence - 16.5 Exercises - Page 1150: 32

Answer

$div F=\dfrac{3-p}{(x^2+y^2+z^2)^{p/2}}$ ; $div F=0$ when $p=3$

Work Step by Step

$div F=\dfrac{\partial a}{\partial x}+\dfrac{\partial b}{\partial y}+\dfrac{\partial c}{\partial z}=\dfrac{2x^2(-p/2)}{(x^2+y^2+z^2)^{(p/2)+1}}+\dfrac{1}{(x^2+y^2+z^2)^{(p/2)}}+\dfrac{2y^2(-p/2)}{(x^2+y^2+z^2)^{(p/2)+1}}+\dfrac{1}{(x^2+y^2+z^2)^{(p/2)}}+\dfrac{2z^2(-p/2)}{(x^2+y^2+z^2)^{(p/2)+1}}+\dfrac{1}{(x^2+y^2+z^2)^{(p/2)}}=\dfrac{-p(x^2+y^2+z^2)}{(x^2+y^2+z^2)^{(p/2)+1}}+\dfrac{3}{(x^2+y^2+z^2)^{(p/2)}}$ This implies that $div F=\dfrac{3-p}{(x^2+y^2+z^2)^{p/2}}$ ; $div F=0$ when $p=3$
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