Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 14 - Vector Calculus - 14.1 Vector Fields - 14.1 Exercises - Page 1057: 1

Answer

Consider, $f,g,h$ be defined on a region $D$ of $R^{3}$.\\ A vector field in $R^{3}$ is s function $F$ that assigns to each point in $D$ vectors \begin{align*} \langle f(x,y,z),g(x,y,z), h(x,y,z)\rangle. \end{align*} The vector field is written as follows: \begin{align*} F(x,y,z)&=f(x,y,z)i+g(x,y,z)j+h(x,y,z)k. \end{align*} The vector field $F=\langle f,g,h\rangle$ evaluated at $(x,y,z)$ is the velocity vector of an air particle at $(x,y,z)$ a fixed point in time.

Work Step by Step

Consider, $f,g,h$ be defined on a region $D$ of $R^{3}$.\\ A vector field in $R^{3}$ is s function $F$ that assigns to each point in $D$ vectors \begin{align*} \langle f(x,y,z),g(x,y,z), h(x,y,z)\rangle. \end{align*} The vector field is written as follows: \begin{align*} F(x,y,z)&=f(x,y,z)i+g(x,y,z)j+h(x,y,z)k. \end{align*} The vector field $F=\langle f,g,h\rangle$ evaluated at $(x,y,z)$ is the velocity vector of an air particle at $(x,y,z)$ a fixed point in time.
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