Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 16 - Vector Calculus - 16.5 Curl and Divergence - 16.5 Exercises - Page 1151: 39

Answer

$div G=f(x,y,z)$; That is, every function $f$ is divergence of some vector field.

Work Step by Step

Suppose we have a vector field $G$ such that $G=\lt g(x,y,z) ,0,0 \gt$ Here, we have $g(x,y,z) =\int_0^x f(t,y,z) dx$ Also, $div F=\dfrac{\partial a}{\partial x}+\dfrac{\partial b}{\partial y}+\dfrac{\partial c}{\partial z}=\dfrac{\partial }{\partial x}[\int_0^x f(t,y,z) dx]+\dfrac{\partial (0)}{\partial y}+\dfrac{\partial (0)}{\partial z}$ This implies that $div G=f(x,y,z) +0+0=f(x,y,z)$ Hence it has been proved that every function $f$ is divergence of some vector field.
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