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The curl of a vector field F, denoted by curl F, or , or rot F, is an operator that maps C k functions in R 3 to C k−1 functions in R 3, and in particular, it maps continuously differentiable functions R 3 → R 3 to continuous functions R 3 → R 3. It can be defined in several ways, to be mentioned below:
C: curl, G: gradient, L: Laplacian, CC: curl of curl. Each arrow is labeled with the result of an identity, specifically, the result of applying the operator at the arrow's tail to the operator at its head. The blue circle in the middle means curl of curl exists, whereas the other two red circles (dashed) mean that DD and GG do not exist.
This article uses the standard notation ISO 80000-2, which supersedes ISO 31-11, for spherical coordinates (other sources may reverse the definitions of θ and φ): . The polar angle is denoted by [,]: it is the angle between the z-axis and the radial vector connecting the origin to the point in question.
For example, given a particle in a force field (e.g. gravitation), where each vector at some point in space represents the force acting there on the particle, the line integral along a certain path is the work done on the particle, when it travels along this path.
One advantage of this expression is that the identity d 2 = 0, which is true in all cases, has as special cases two other identities: (1) curl grad f = 0, and (2) div curl F = 0. In particular, Maxwell's equations take on a particularly simple and elegant form, when expressed in terms of the exterior derivative and the Hodge star.
In this equation, is a non-zero constant, which indicates that the curl of the vector field is proportional to the field itself. Beltrami fields are relevant in fluid dynamics, as they offer a classical family of stationary solutions to the Euler equation in three dimensions. [ 1 ]
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If F = (F 1, F 2, F 3) is a vector field defined on some open set of as a function of position x = (x 1, x 2, x 3) (using Cartesian coordinates). Then the i th component of the curl of F equals [ 4 ]