Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 16 - Section 16.5 - Curl and Divergence - 16.5 Exercise - Page 1109: 6

Answer

a) $(\dfrac{2}{x+2y}-\dfrac{3}{x+3z})i+(\dfrac{3}{2y+3z}-\dfrac{1}{x+2y})j+(\dfrac{1}{x+3z}-\dfrac{2}{2y+3z})k$ b) $0$

Work Step by Step

a) Consider $F=A i+B j+C k$ Then $curl F=\begin{vmatrix}i&j&k\\\dfrac{\partial}{\partial x}&\dfrac{\partial }{\partial y}&\dfrac{\partial }{\partial z}\\A&B&C\end{vmatrix}$ $curl F=[C_y-B_z]i+[A_z-C_z]j+[B_x-A_y]k$ $curl F=(\dfrac{2}{x+2y}-\dfrac{3}{x+3z})i+(\dfrac{3}{2y+3z}-\dfrac{1}{x+2y})j+(\dfrac{1}{x+3z}-\dfrac{2}{2y+3z})k$ b) $div F=\dfrac{\partial A}{\partial x}+\dfrac{\partial B}{\partial y}+\dfrac{\partial C}{\partial z}$ $div F=\dfrac{\partial [\ln (2y+3z)]}{\partial x}+\dfrac{\partial [\ln (x+3z)]}{\partial y}+\dfrac{\partial [\ln (x+2y)]}{\partial z}=0$
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