Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 16 - Vector Calculus - 16.5 Curl and Divergence - 16.5 Exercises - Page 1150: 26

Answer

$curl (fF)=f curl F+(\nabla f) \times F$

Work Step by Step

The vector field $F$ is conservative when $curl F=0$ When $F=ai+bj+ck$, then we have $curl F=[c_y-b_z]i+[a_z-c_z]j+[b_x-a_y]k$ Plug $F=F_1i+F_2j+F_3z$ $$curl (fF)=curl (f F_1i+f F_2 j+fF_3 k)$$ or, $=[\dfrac{\partial [fF_3]}{\partial y}-\dfrac{\partial [fF_2]}{\partial z}]i+[\dfrac{\partial [fF_3]}{\partial x}-\dfrac{\partial [fF_1]}{\partial z}]j+[\dfrac{\partial [fF_2]}{\partial x}-\dfrac{\partial [fF_1]}{\partial y}]k$ or, $=F_3[\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial y}i-\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial x}j]+F_1[\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial z}j-\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial y}k]+F_2[\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial x}k-\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial z}i]+f curl F$ or, $=f curl F+(\nabla f) \times F$ Hence, $curl (fF)=f curl F+(\nabla f) \times F$ (Proved)
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