Vector Differential Operators in Cartesian, Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates

1-Gradient:
𝜕𝑓 𝜕𝑓 𝜕𝑓
𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛: ⃗𝑓 =
∇ 𝑎𝑥 +
⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝑎𝑦 +
⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝑎
⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧 𝑧
𝜕𝑓 1 𝜕𝑓 𝜕𝑓
𝑐𝑦𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙: ⃗∇𝑓 = 𝑎𝜌 +
⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝑎∅ +
⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝑎
⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝜕𝜌 𝜌 𝜕∅ 𝜕𝑧 𝑧
𝜕𝑓 1 𝜕𝑓 1 𝜕𝑓
𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙: ⃗∇𝑓 = 𝑎𝑟 +
⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝑎𝜃 +
⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝑎
⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝜕𝑟 𝑟 𝜕𝜃 𝑟 sin 𝜃 𝜕∅ ∅

2-Divergence:
𝜕𝑉𝑥 𝜕𝑉𝑦 𝜕𝑉𝑧
𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛: ⃗∇. 𝑉
⃗ = + +
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧
1𝜕 1 𝜕𝑉∅ 𝜕𝑉𝑧
𝑐𝑦𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙: ⃗∇. 𝑉
⃗ = (𝜌𝑉𝜌 ) + +
𝜌 𝜕𝜌 𝜌 𝜕∅ 𝜕𝑧

𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙: ⃗ = 12 𝜕 (𝑟 2 𝐴𝑟 ) + 1 𝜕 (𝐴𝜃 sin 𝜃) + 1 𝜕𝐴∅

⃗∇. 𝑉
𝑟 𝜕𝑟 𝑟 sin 𝜃 𝜕𝜃 𝑟 sin 𝜃 𝜕∅

3-Curl:
𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛:
𝜕𝑉𝑧 𝜕𝑉𝑦 𝜕𝑉𝑥 𝜕𝑉𝑧 𝜕𝑉𝑦 𝜕𝑉𝑥
⃗∇x𝑉
⃗ =[ − ] ⃗⃗⃗
ax + [ − ] ⃗⃗⃗⃗
ay + [ − ]a⃗⃗⃗
𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 z
𝑐𝑦𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙:
1 𝜕𝑉𝑧 𝜕𝑉𝜃 𝜕𝑉𝜌 𝜕𝑉𝑧 1 𝜕(𝜌𝑉∅ 𝜕𝑉𝜌
⃗∇x𝑉
⃗ =[ − ] a⃗⃗⃗⃗ρ + [ − ] ⃗⃗⃗⃗
a∅ + [ − ] ⃗⃗⃗
a
𝜌 𝜕𝜃 𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝜌 𝜌 𝜕𝜌 𝜕∅ z

𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙:
1 𝜕𝑉∅ sin 𝜃 𝜕𝑉𝜃 1 1 𝜕𝑉𝑟 𝜕(𝑟𝑉∅ ) 1 𝜕(𝑟𝑉𝜃 ) 𝜕𝑉𝑟
⃗ x𝑉
∇ ⃗ = [ − ] ⃗⃗⃗
ar + [ − ] ⃗⃗⃗⃗
aθ + [ − ] ⃗⃗⃗⃗
a
𝑟 sin 𝜃 𝜕𝜃 𝜕∅ 𝑟 sin 𝜃 𝜕∅ 𝜕𝑟 𝑟 𝜕𝑟 𝜕𝜃 ∅