Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 16 - Section 16.5 - Curl and Divergence - 16.5 Exercise - Page 1109: 22

Answer

The vector field $F$ is in-compressible.

Work Step by Step

Let us consider $F=ai+b j+c k$ $div F=\dfrac{\partial a}{\partial x}+\dfrac{\partial b}{\partial y}+\dfrac{\partial c}{\partial z}$ Now, $div F= \nabla \cdot F=\dfrac{\partial A}{\partial x}+\dfrac{\partial B}{\partial y}+\dfrac{\partial C}{\partial z}$ or, $\nabla \cdot F=[\dfrac{\partial i}{\partial x}+\dfrac{\partial j}{\partial y}+\dfrac{\partial k}{\partial z}] \cdot (f(y,z) i+g(x,z) j+h(x,y) i=0$ Hence, the vector field $F$ is in-compressible.
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