Notation in vector
Vector calculus concerns differentiation and integration of vector or scalar fields particularly in a three-dimensionalEuclidean space, and uses specific notations of differentiation. In a Cartesian coordinate o-xyz, assuming a vector field A is , and a scalar field
is
.
First, a differential operator, or a Hamilton operator ∇ which is called del is symbolically defined in the form of a vector,
where the terminology symbolically reflects that the operator ∇ will also be treated as an ordinary vector.
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Gradient: The gradient
of the scalar field
is a vector, which is symbolically expressed by the multiplication of ∇ and scalar field
,