Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 16 - Vector Calculus - Review - Exercises - Page 1189: 19

Answer

There is no such vector field $G$.

Work Step by Step

Let us consider $F=ai+bj+ck$ Then, $ div F=\dfrac{\partial a}{\partial x}+\dfrac{\partial b}{\partial y}+\dfrac{\partial c}{\partial z}$ The div (curl G) must be zero when there exist a vector field $G$ for all values of $x,y$ and $z$. Given: $curlG=2x i+3y z j-xz^2 k$ Thus, $ div (curl G)=\dfrac{\partial (2x)}{\partial x}+\dfrac{\partial (3yz)}{\partial y}+\dfrac{\partial (-xz^2)}{\partial z}$ or, $=-2+3z-2xz$ It has been proved that there is div (curl G) is not zero, there is no vector field $G$.
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