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    vector calculus a solenoidal vector field (also known as an incompressible vector field, a divergence-free vector field, or a transverse vector field)...
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  • as the sum of a conservative vector field and a solenoidal field. A line integral of a vector field v {\displaystyle \mathbf {v} } is said to be path-independent...
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    of the B-field produced this way is that magnetic B-field lines neither start nor end (mathematically, B is a solenoidal vector field); a field line may...
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  • be a solenoidal vector field. Let v : R 3 → R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbf {v} :\mathbb {R} ^{3}\to \mathbb {R} ^{3}} be a solenoidal vector field which...
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    It states that the magnetic field B has divergence equal to zero, in other words, that it is a solenoidal vector field. It is equivalent to the statement...
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    solenoidal vector field (one with zero divergence) to S will result in another field that satisfies this required property of a Poynting vector field...
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  • vector field, a vector field on a Riemannian manifold associated with a symmetry Solenoidal vector field, a vector field with zero divergence Vector potential...
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  • calculus identities Vector algebra relations Directional derivative Conservative vector field Solenoidal vector field Laplacian vector field Helmholtz decomposition...
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  • and a solenoidal (divergence-free) vector field. In physics, often only the decomposition of sufficiently smooth, rapidly decaying vector fields in three...
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    {A}}={\vec {B}}} ( A → {\displaystyle {\vec {A}}} is a vector potential for the solenoidal vector field B → {\displaystyle {\vec {B}}} ). Note that { d F =...
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  • Flow velocity (redirect from Velocity field)
    \mathbf {u} =0.} That is, if u {\displaystyle \mathbf {u} } is a solenoidal vector field. A flow is irrotational if the curl of u {\displaystyle \mathbf...
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  • coordinates analysis of solenoidal vector fields, for example, magnetic fields and incompressible fluids. For a three-dimensional vector field F with zero divergence...
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  • (divergence) vanishes, and is called an incompressible flow (sometimes solenoidal vector field). The term incompressible is used because a non-zero divergence...
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    called solenoidal – in which case any closed surface has no net flux across it. This is the same as saying that the (flow of the) vector field preserves...
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    outside the sources. In a solenoidal vector field (i.e., a vector field where the divergence is zero everywhere), the field lines neither begin nor end;...
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  • an incompressible fluid the flow velocity field is a solenoidal vector field or a divergence-free vector field. Note that this relationship can be expanded...
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    magnetic field is a solenoidal vector field. The Maxwell–Faraday version of Faraday's law of induction describes how a time-varying magnetic field corresponds...
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  • the volume form is preserved under the flow of a solenoidal vector field. Thus solenoidal vector fields are precisely those that have volume-preserving...
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  • constant c {\displaystyle \mathbf {c} } or any divergence free (solenoidal) vector field, e.g. Incompressible flows without sources or sinks such as phase...
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  • vectors in other words, ∇ × F = λ F {\displaystyle \nabla \times \mathbf {F} =\lambda \mathbf {F} } . If F {\displaystyle \mathbf {F} } is solenoidal...
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  • Scalar field Solenoidal vector field Stokes' theorem Submersion Surface integral Symmetry of second derivatives Taylor's theorem Total derivative Vector field...
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  • system; also called a starter relay Transmission solenoid Solenoidal vector field, a vector field in mathematics characterized as having zero divergence...
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    divergence-free field like u {\displaystyle \mathbf {u} } , also known as a solenoidal vector field, can always be represented as the curl of some vector potential...
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  • Compressibility or Incompressible flow a property of a vector field, see Solenoidal vector field a topological property, see Incompressible surface a proof...
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    aU} The Stokes solution dissipates less energy than any other solenoidal vector field with the same boundary velocities: this is known as the Helmholtz...
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    velocity field) into the equivalent role of the magnetic induction vector B in electromagnetism. In electromagnetism the B lines form solenoidal rings around...
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    Sources and sinks (category Vector calculus)
    {\displaystyle \nabla \cdot \mathbf {v} =Q} . For this kind of flow, solenoidal vector fields (no divergence) have no source or sinks. When at a given point...
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  • In mathematics, vector spherical harmonics (VSH) are an extension of the scalar spherical harmonics for use with vector fields. The components of the VSH...
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    }}\rho \times {\vec {\nabla }}p} This vector, sometimes called the solenoidal vector, is of interest both in compressible fluids and in incompressible...
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    model generally represent the magnetic field by the solenoidal field B, analogous to the electrostatic field D. A generalization of the above current...
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