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OpenStudy (jango_in_dtown):

Help//

OpenStudy (jango_in_dtown):

OpenStudy (jango_in_dtown):

@ganeshie8

OpenStudy (astrophysics):

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OpenStudy (fakereality):

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OpenStudy (yttrium):

This is an 0-8-4. If you know what I mean. Hehehe

OpenStudy (fakereality):

Oh you.. XD

OpenStudy (jango_in_dtown):

what is it by the way? @Yttrium?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

let me tag @Kainui

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

I'm not sure what it means to take gradient of a vector function... is this from tensor analysis ?

OpenStudy (jango_in_dtown):

no vector calculus.

OpenStudy (jango_in_dtown):

\[*=\times \]

OpenStudy (jango_in_dtown):

cross product

OpenStudy (astrophysics):

and the . is dot product?

OpenStudy (kainui):

@jango_IN_DTOWN Before we start with anything, are you familiar with what all the symbols in the equation mean?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

how do you define gradient of a vector ? I only dealt with taking gradients of scalar functions... never worked with gradients of vector functions..

OpenStudy (kainui):

We're specifically looking at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_calculus_identities#Vector_dot_product Where they say "As a special case, when A = B,"

OpenStudy (jango_in_dtown):

hi @Kainui which one?

OpenStudy (jango_in_dtown):

How will we prove it

OpenStudy (kainui):

Do you know what this means? \[(A \cdot \nabla) A\]

OpenStudy (jango_in_dtown):

Let A=ai+bj+ck (A. ▽)A=

OpenStudy (jango_in_dtown):

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