∇ The nabla is a triangular symbol resembling an inverted Greek delta: ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } or ∇. The name comes, by reason of the symbol's shape...
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Del (redirect from Nabla constant)
curl) that makes many equations easier to write and remember. The del symbol (or nabla) can be formally defined as a vector operator whose components are...
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Look up nabla in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nabla may refer to any of the following: the nabla symbol ∇ the vector differential operator, also called...
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surface integrals. ∇ {\displaystyle {\boldsymbol {\nabla }}} or ∇ → {\displaystyle {\vec {\nabla }}} Nabla, the gradient, vector derivative operator ( ∂ ∂...
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d'Alembertian, wave operator, box operator or sometimes quabla operator (cf. nabla symbol) is the Laplace operator of Minkowski space. The operator is named after...
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] {\displaystyle \nabla _{X}Y-\nabla _{Y}X=[X,\,Y]} is equivalent to the statement that—in a coordinate basis—the Christoffel symbol is symmetric in the...
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Delta (letter) (redirect from Delta (symbol))
U+2207 ∇ NABLA (∇, ∇) U+225C ≜ DELTA EQUAL TO (≜, ≜) U+234B ⍋ APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL DELTA STILE U+234D ⍍ APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD...
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the direction of the gradient ∇ f {\displaystyle \nabla f} . The nabla symbol ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } , written as an upside-down triangle and pronounced...
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the differential equations, the nabla symbol, ∇, denotes the three-dimensional gradient operator, del, the ∇⋅ symbol (pronounced "del dot") denotes the...
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Nevel (instrument) (redirect from Nabla (instrument))
in Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 4.174 Lyres of Ur Nabla symbol Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 4.174 "nabla". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford...
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Refer to the mathematical operator del represented by the nabla ( ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } ) symbol. to arrive at the conservation form of the equations of...
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operator (nabla). In any arbitrary curvilinear coordinate system and even in the absence of a metric on the manifold, the Levi-Civita symbol as defined...
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(disambiguation) Delta model, a strategic management model Nabla symbol ( ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } ), an inverted delta representing del, a vector differential...
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represented by the nabla symbol ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } Vector Laplacian, the vector Laplace operator, denoted by ∇ 2 {\displaystyle \nabla ^{2}} , is a differential...
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= − D A B ∇ c A {\displaystyle \mathbf {J} _{A}=-D_{AB}\nabla c_{A}} where the nabla symbol ∇ denotes the gradient operator, DAB is the diffusion coefficient...
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∂ (redirect from Partial derivative symbol)
"Jacobi's delta", or as "del" (but this name is also used for the "nabla" symbol ∇). It may also be pronounced simply "dee", "partial dee", "doh", "dow"...
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some real number λ . {\displaystyle \lambda .} The nabla symbol, ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } , is the del operator (differentiation with respect...
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{k_{\text{B}}T_{\text{e}}}{e}}{\frac {\nabla n_{\text{e}}}{n_{\text{e}}}}.} (∇ is the vector gradient operator; see nabla symbol and gradient for more information...
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calculus differential operator Nabla symbol, the symbol used for the Del operator ∂, the partial derivative operator symbol Del (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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Dowker-Thistlethwaite notation Four color theorem Homoeoid Medial graph Nabla symbol Smith, C. (2004). "Tait, Peter Guthrie (1831–1901)". Oxford Dictionary...
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denoted by the symbols ∇ ⋅ ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla \cdot \nabla } , ∇ 2 {\displaystyle \nabla ^{2}} (where ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } is the nabla operator)...
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any tensor is the subscripted nabla symbol ∇β. For the case of a vector field Aα: ∇ β A α = A α ; β . {\displaystyle \nabla _{\beta }A^{\alpha }=A^{\alpha...
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by H or ∇ ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla \nabla } or ∇ 2 {\displaystyle \nabla ^{2}} or ∇ ⊗ ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla \otimes \nabla } or D 2 {\displaystyle D^{2}}...
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first two indices. It is conventional to change notation and use the nabla symbol ∇ in place of D in this setting; in other respects, these two are the...
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mathematical symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of mathematical symbols. The following...
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{\displaystyle \left(\nabla _{g\mathbf {x} +h\mathbf {y} }\mathbf {u} \right)_{p}=g(p)\left(\nabla _{\mathbf {x} }\mathbf {u} \right)_{p}+h(p)\left(\nabla _{\mathbf...
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of determinants." William Rowan Hamilton introduced the nabla symbol ( ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } or, later called del, ∇) for vector differentials. This...
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{\displaystyle \nabla ^{2}\!f=0} or Δ f = 0 , {\displaystyle \Delta f=0,} where Δ = ∇ ⋅ ∇ = ∇ 2 {\displaystyle \Delta =\nabla \cdot \nabla =\nabla ^{2}} is the...
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tend to use the cross product notation with the del (nabla) operator, as in ∇ × F {\displaystyle \nabla \times \mathbf {F} } , which also reveals the relation...
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Levi-Civita connection (section Christoffel symbols)
X){\bigr )}-Z{\bigl (}g(Y,X){\bigr )}=g(\nabla _{X}Y+\nabla _{Y}X,Z)+g(\nabla _{X}Z-\nabla _{Z}X,Y)+g(\nabla _{Y}Z-\nabla _{Z}Y,X)} . By torsion-freeness, the...
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