Spring 2016

PHY102: Introduction to Physics-II

Tutorial 02

Department of Physics

9/1/16

Shiv Nadar University

1. Let (, ) = 2
(a) Find (3,2)
(b) Find the derivative of in the direction of (1,2) at the point (3,2) or 3 + 2
2. For the of first question, at the point (3,2)
(a) what is the directional derivative in the direction (-3,4), i.e -3 + 4
(b) What is the directional derivative in the direction (-4,-3)? Note that this direction is opposite
to (3,2)
3. The temperature profile in a room is given by:

(, ) = 3 + 2 2 4
where f represents temperature in the room and x, y are measure with respect to the origin. It
is given that there is no saddle-point like behavior of the function. Find out the points at which
minimum or maximum temperature occurs and calculate these temperatures.
4. Compute the divergence and curl of the following vector fields:
(a) (, , ) =

3
( 2 + 2 + 2 ) 2

3
( 2 + 2 + 2 ) 2

3
( 2 + 2 + 2 ) 2

[Coulomb electric field of a point charge]

(b) (, , ) =

( 2 + 2 )

+ (2

+ 2 )

[Magnetic field outside an infinite current carrying wire]

5. Draw some representative vectors to visualize the following two-dimensional vector

functions/fields.
(a) (, ) = ( 1) + ( + 2)

(b) (, ) = +