2B29 Electromagnetic Theory. iii) Some useful Mathematical Tools VECTORS
a ⋅ (b × c) = b ⋅ (c × a) = c ⋅ (a × b) a × (b × c) = (a ⋅ c) b − (a ⋅ b) c (a × b) ⋅ (c × d) = (a ⋅ c) (b ⋅ d) − (a ⋅ d) (b ⋅ c)
VECTOR CALCULUS
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∇×∇ φ = 0 ∇ ⋅ (∇ × A) = 0 ∇ ⋅ (φ A) = φ ∇ ⋅ A + A ⋅ ∇φ ∇ × (φ A) = ∇φ × A + φ∇ × A ∇ ( A ⋅ B) = ( A ⋅ ∇ )B + (B ⋅ ∇ ) A + A × (∇ × B) + B × (∇ × A) ∇ ⋅ ( A × B) = (∇ × A) ⋅ B − (∇ × B) ⋅ A ∇ × ( A × B) = A(∇ ⋅ B) − B(∇ ⋅ A) + (B ⋅ ∇ ) A − ( A ⋅ ∇ )B ∇ × (∇ × A) = ∇ (∇ ⋅ A) − ∇ 2 A
where
∂ ∂ ∂ ∂ ∂ ∂ ∂ ∂ ∂ ˆ ˆ Bz + Ay + Az + Ay + Az + Ay + Az ( A ⋅ ∇ )B = ˆi Ax Bx + j Ax By + k Ax ∂y ∂z ∂y ∂z ∂y ∂ z ∂x ∂x ∂x
x 2 + y 2 + z 2 , e.g. as φ(r), F(r), then r d r dφ r dF r dF , i.e. ∇φ (r ) = , ∇ ⋅ F (r ) = ⋅ , ∇ × F(r ) = × , ∇≡ r dr r dr r dr r dr 1 d 2 d φ 1 d 2 (r φ ) d 2 φ 2 d φ ∇ 2φ = 2 = 2+ . r = r d r d r r d r2 dr r dr
For a function that depends only on the distance r = r =
EXPLICIT FORMS OF THE VECTOR OPERATORS (a)
Cartesian (x, y, z), volume element dτ = dx dy dz.
∂ψ ˆ ∂ψ ˆ ∂ψ ∂ Ax ∂ Ay ∂ Az +j +k + + and ∇ ⋅ A = ∂x ∂y ∂z ∂x ∂y ∂z ∂ A ∂ Ay ˆ ∂ Ax ∂ Az ˆ ∂ Ay ∂ Ax ∇ × A = ˆi z − − +k − +j ∂ z ∂ z ∂ x ∂y ∂y ∂x
∇ψ = ˆi
∇×A =
ˆi
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kˆ
∂ ∂x
∂ ∂y
∂ ∂z
Ax
Ay
Az
∇ ⋅ ∇ψ = ∇ 2ψ = 2B29 Mathematical Tools 2004
∂ 2ψ ∂ 2ψ ∂ 2ψ + + ∂ x2 ∂ y2 ∂ z 2 Section iii)
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