TUTORIAL-1: VECTOR CALCULUS

Semester: SP-2024 Course: PH109 1 Hour

1. Given vectors 𝐴⃗ = 3𝚤̂ + 4𝚥̂ + 𝑘+ and 𝐵

-⃗ = 2𝚥̂ − 5𝑘+ . Find:
(a) Angle 𝜃𝑨𝑩 between them
(b) 𝐴⃗. 𝐵
-⃗
(c) 𝐴⃗ × 𝐵 -⃗

2. Given vectors 𝑃-⃗ = 2𝚤̂ − 𝑘+ , 𝑄 -⃗ = 2𝚤̂ − 𝚥̂ + 2𝑘+ and 𝑅-⃗ = 2𝚤̂ − 3𝚥̂ + 𝑘+ Find:
(a) 8𝑃-⃗ + 𝑄 -⃗9 × 8𝑃-⃗ − 𝑄
-⃗ 9
(b) 𝑄 -⃗ . 𝑅-⃗ × 𝑃-⃗
(c) 𝑃-⃗. 𝑄 -⃗ × 𝑅-⃗
(d) Sin𝜃𝑸𝑹
(e) 𝑃-⃗ × (𝑄 -⃗ × 𝑅-⃗)
(f) A unit vector perpendicular to both 𝑄 -⃗ and 𝑅-⃗
(g) The component of 𝑃-⃗ along 𝑄 -⃗

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3. Express the vector field 𝐵-⃗ =
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𝑟̂ + 𝑟𝐶𝑜𝑠𝜃 𝜃+ + 𝜙+ in cartesian and
cylindrical co-ordinates.

4. Given 𝑊 = 𝑥 ( 𝑦 ( + 𝑥𝑦𝑧, compute the gradient ∇𝑊 and the directional

derivative 𝑑𝑊H𝑑𝑙 in the direction of 3𝚤̂ + 4𝚥̂ + 12𝑘+ at point (2, -1, 0).

5. Determine the divergence of these vector fields:

--⃗ = x ( y ı̂ + xz k+
(a) 𝑷
--⃗ = 𝜌 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝜙 𝜌U + 𝜌( 𝑧 𝜙+ + 𝑧 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝜙 𝑧̂
(b) 𝑸
-⃗ = %! 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝜃 𝑟̂ + 𝑟 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝜙 𝜃+ + 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝜃 𝜙+
(c) 𝑻 '