Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 16 - Section 16.5 - Curl and Divergence - 16.5 Exercise - Page 1111: 39

Answer

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

Work Step by Step

Consider that the vector field $G$ such that $G=\lt g(x,y,z) ,0,0 \gt$ Here, we have $g(x,y,z) =\int_0^x f(t,y,z) dx$ Consider the definition for $div F=\dfrac{\partial A}{\partial x}+\dfrac{\partial B}{\partial y}+\dfrac{\partial C}{\partial z}$ This implies that $div F=\dfrac{\partial }{\partial x}[\int_0^x f(t,y,z) dx]+\dfrac{\partial (0)}{\partial y}+\dfrac{\partial (0)}{\partial z}=f(x,y,z) +0+0=f(x,y,z)$ This implies that that every continuous function $f$ is the divergence of some vector field.
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