UPYO5: Vector Calculus

Credits: 3 L-T-P: 2-1-0

Module Module Contents Hours

No
Essentials of Vector Calculus: Introduction – Magnitude –
direction- component form - unit vector – dot product of unit vectors
1 12
– defining a plane using direction components – dot product – cross
product – related Problems.
Coordinate System: Introduction to coordinate system – cartesian
coordinate system – defining point p in cartesian coordinate system –
2
constant planes – differential volume in space – vectors in cartesian 12
– cylindrical coordinate system – finding point p in cylinder
Coordinate System: spherical coordinate system – constant planes –
locating point p in spherical coordinate system – differential volume
3 in spherical system – relation between various coordinate systems – 12
conversion of rectangular coordinates to spherical coordinates –
conversion of spherical coordinates to cartesian coordinates.
Integrals and del operator: Line integral, surface integral and
volume integral – integral calculus – tripple integral for volume – The
4 del operator – gradient of a scalar – divergence of vector field – curl 12
– Gauss divergence theorem and stokes theorem proof and
applications.

Text Books:
1. Vector Analysis, and an Introduction to Tensor Analysis, Murray R. Spiegel, Schaum’s
outlines, JBD Press.
2. Introduction to Electrodynamics, Fourth Edition, David J Griffiths, Pearson.

Web references/ MOOCs:

1. https://onlinecourses.swayam2.ac.in/aic21_ge25/preview
2. https://archive.nptel.ac.in/courses/115/106/115106122/