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Gradient Curl Dan Operator
Gradient Curl Dan Operator
and is a tensor field of order n + 1. In particular, if the tensor field has order 0 (i.e. a scalar), ,
the resulting gradient,
is a vector field.
Divergence
Curl
Laplacian
where the notation B means the subscripted gradient operates on only the factor B.[1][2]
A less general but similar idea is used in geometric algebra where the so-called Hestenes overdot
notation is employed.[3] The above identity is then expressed as:
where overdots define the scope of the vector derivative. The dotted vector, in this case B, is
differentiated, while the (undotted) A is held constant.
For the remainder of this article, Feynman subscript notation will be used where appropriate.
Properties
Distributive properties
The gradient of the product of two scalar fields and follows the same form as the product
rule in single variable calculus.
Second derivatives
Curl of the gradient
The curl of the gradient of any scalar field is always the zero vector: