वेक्टर पथरी

इस लेख में सामान्य संदर्भों की एक सूची शामिल है , लेकिन यह काफी हद तक असत्यापित है क्योंकि इसमें पर्याप्त इनलाइन उद्धरणों का अभाव है । कृपया अधिक सटीक उद्धरण प्रस्तुत करके इस लेख को बेहतर बनाने में मदद करें । ( फरवरी वर्ष 2016 ) ( जानें इस टेम्पलेट संदेश दूर करने के लिए कैसे और कब )

वेक्टर पथरी , या वेक्टर विश्लेषण , के साथ संबंध है भेदभाव और एकीकरण के सदिश क्षेत्र मुख्य रूप से 3 आयामी में, इयूक्लिडियन स्थान शब्द "वेक्टर पथरी" कभी कभी के व्यापक विषय के लिए एक पर्याय के रूप में इस्तेमाल किया जाता है बहुचर कलन , जो फैला वेक्टर पथरी के साथ-साथ के रूप में आंशिक भेदभाव और कई एकीकरण । वेक्टर कैलकुलस विभेदक ज्यामिति और आंशिक अंतर समीकरणों के अध्ययन में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाता है । यह भौतिकी और इंजीनियरिंग में बड़े पैमाने पर उपयोग किया जाता है${\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}.}$, विशेष रूप से विद्युत चुम्बकीय क्षेत्र , गुरुत्वाकर्षण क्षेत्र और द्रव प्रवाह के विवरण में ।

वेक्टर कलन का विकास 19 वीं शताब्दी के अंत में जे। विलार्ड गिब्स और ओलिवर हैविसाइड द्वारा चतुर्धातुक विश्लेषण से किया गया था , और अधिकांश अंकन और शब्दावली गिब्स और एडविन बिडवेल विल्सन ने अपनी 19 वीं पुस्तक, वेक्टर विश्लेषण में स्थापित की थी । पार उत्पादों का उपयोग करते हुए पारंपरिक रूप में , वेक्टर पथरी उच्च आयामों के लिए सामान्य नहीं होती है, जबकि ज्यामितीय बीजगणित के वैकल्पिक दृष्टिकोण जो बाहरी उत्पादों का उपयोग करता है ( अधिक के लिए नीचे izations सामान्यीकरण देखें)।

मूल वस्तुएँ [ संपादित करें ]

स्केलर फ़ील्ड [ संपादित करें ]

एक स्केलर फ़ील्ड एक स्केलर मान को एक बिंदु के हर बिंदु से जोड़ता है। स्केलर एक गणितीय संख्या है जो एक भौतिक मात्रा का प्रतिनिधित्व करती है । अनुप्रयोगों में अदिश क्षेत्रों के उदाहरणों में पूरे अंतरिक्ष में तापमान वितरण, एक द्रव में दबाव वितरण और स्पिन-शून्य क्वांटम फ़ील्ड ( स्केलर बोसॉन के रूप में जाना जाता है ) शामिल हैं, जैसे कि हिग्स फ़ील्ड । ये क्षेत्र अदिश क्षेत्र सिद्धांत के विषय हैं ।

वेक्टर क्षेत्र [ संपादित करें ]

एक सदिश क्षेत्र अंतरिक्ष में प्रत्येक बिंदु पर एक सदिश का एक कार्य है । ^[१] विमान में एक सदिश क्षेत्र, उदाहरण के लिए, एक दिए गए परिमाण और दिशा के साथ तीरों के संग्रह के रूप में देखा जा सकता है, जो विमान में एक बिंदु से जुड़ा होता है। वेक्टर क्षेत्रों का उपयोग अक्सर मॉडल के लिए किया जाता है, उदाहरण के लिए, पूरे अंतरिक्ष में गतिमान द्रव की गति और दिशा, या किसी बल की शक्ति और दिशा , जैसे चुंबकीय या गुरुत्वाकर्षण बल, क्योंकि यह बिंदु से बिंदु तक बदलता है। इसका उपयोग, उदाहरण के लिए, किसी रेखा पर किए गए कार्य की गणना करने के लिए किया जा सकता है ।

वैक्टर और छद्म चिकित्सक [ संपादित करें ]

अधिक उन्नत उपचारों में, एक और स्यूडोवैक्टर फ़ील्ड्स और स्यूडोस्कोलर फ़ील्ड्स को अलग करता है, जो वेक्टर फ़ील्ड्स और स्केलर फ़ील्ड्स के समान होते हैं, सिवाय इसके कि वे एक अभिविन्यास-रिवर्सिंग मैप के तहत साइन बदलते हैं: उदाहरण के लिए, एक वेक्टर फ़ील्ड का कर्ल एक स्यूडोवेक्टर फ़ील्ड है, और यदि कोई वेक्टर फ़ील्ड को दर्शाता है, तो कर्ल विपरीत दिशा में इंगित करता है। इस भेद को ज्यामितीय बीजगणित में स्पष्ट और विस्तृत किया गया है , जैसा कि नीचे वर्णित है।

वेक्टर बीजगणित [ संपादित करें ]

The algebraic (non-differential) operations in vector calculus are referred to as vector algebra, being defined for a vector space and then globally applied to a vector field. The basic algebraic operations consist of:^[2]

Notations in vector calculus

Operation	Notation	Description
Vector addition	${\displaystyle \mathbf {v} _{1}+\mathbf {v} _{2}}$	Addition of two vectors, yielding a vector.
Scalar multiplication	${\displaystyle a\mathbf {v} }$	Multiplication of a scalar and a vector, yielding a vector.
Dot product	${\displaystyle \mathbf {v} _{1}\cdot \mathbf {v} _{2}}$	Multiplication of two vectors, yielding a scalar.
Cross product	${\displaystyle \mathbf {v} _{1}\times \mathbf {v} _{2}}$	Multiplication of two vectors in ${\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}}$, yielding a (pseudo)vector.

Also commonly used are the two triple products:

Vector calculus triple products

Operation	Notation	Description
Scalar triple product	${\displaystyle \mathbf {v} _{1}\cdot \left(\mathbf {v} _{2}\times \mathbf {v} _{3}\right)}$	The dot product of the cross product of two vectors.
Vector triple product	${\displaystyle \mathbf {v} _{1}\times \left(\mathbf {v} _{2}\times \mathbf {v} _{3}\right)}$	The cross product of the cross product of two vectors.

Operators and theorems[edit]

Differential operators[edit]

Vector calculus studies various differential operators defined on scalar or vector fields, which are typically expressed in terms of the del operator (${\displaystyle \nabla }$), also known as "nabla". The three basic vector operators are:^[3][4]

Differential operators in vector calculus

Operation	Notation	Description	Notationalanalogy	Domain/Range
Gradient	${\displaystyle \operatorname {grad} (f)=\nabla f}$	Measures the rate and direction of change in a scalar field.	Scalar multiplication	Maps scalar fields to vector fields.
Divergence	${\displaystyle \operatorname {div} (\mathbf {F} )=\nabla \cdot \mathbf {F} }$	Measures the scalar of a source or sink at a given point in a vector field.	Dot product	Maps vector fields to scalar fields.
Curl	${\displaystyle \operatorname {curl} (\mathbf {F} )=\nabla \times \mathbf {F} }$	Measures the tendency to rotate about a point in a vector field in ${\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}}$.	Cross product	Maps vector fields to (pseudo)vector fields.
f denotes a scalar field and F denotes a vector field

Also commonly used are the two Laplace operators:

Laplace operators in vector calculus

Operation	Notation	Description	Domain/Range
Laplacian	${\displaystyle \Delta f=\nabla ^{2}f=\nabla \cdot \nabla f}$	Measures the difference between the value of the scalar field with its average on infinitesimal balls.	Maps between scalar fields.
Vector Laplacian	${\displaystyle \nabla ^{2}\mathbf {F} =\nabla (\nabla \cdot \mathbf {F} )-\nabla \times (\nabla \times \mathbf {F} )}$	Measures the difference between the value of the vector field with its average on infinitesimal balls.	Maps between vector fields.
f denotes a scalar field and F denotes a vector field

A quantity called the Jacobian matrix is useful for studying functions when both the domain and range of the function are multivariable, such as a change of variables during integration.

Integral theorems[edit]

The three basic vector operators have corresponding theorems which generalize the fundamental theorem of calculus to higher dimensions:

Integral theorems of vector calculus

Theorem	Statement	Description
Gradient theorem	${\displaystyle \int _{L\subset \mathbb {R} ^{n}}\!\!\!\nabla \varphi \cdot d\mathbf {r} \ =\ \varphi \left(\mathbf {q} \right)-\varphi \left(\mathbf {p} \right)\ \ {\text{ for }}\ \ L=L[p\to q]}$	The line integral of the gradient of a scalar field over a curve L is equal to the change in the scalar field between the endpoints p and q of the curve.
Divergence theorem	${\displaystyle \underbrace {\int \!\cdots \!\int _{V\subset \mathbb {R} ^{n}}} _{n}(\nabla \cdot \mathbf {F} )\,dV\ =\ \underbrace {\oint \!\cdots \!\oint _{\partial V}} _{n-1}\mathbf {F} \cdot d\mathbf {S} }$	The integral of the divergence of a vector field over an n-dimensional solid V is equal to the flux of the vector field through the (n−1)-dimensional closed boundary surface of the solid.
Curl (Kelvin–Stokes) theorem	${\displaystyle \iint _{\Sigma \,\subset \mathbb {R} ^{3}}(\nabla \times \mathbf {F} )\cdot d\mathbf {\Sigma } \ =\ \oint _{\!\!\!\partial \Sigma }\mathbf {F} \cdot d\mathbf {r} }$	The integral of the curl of a vector field over a surface Σ in ${\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}}$ is equal to the circulation of the vector field around the closed curve bounding the surface.
${\displaystyle \varphi }$ denotes a scalar field and F denotes a vector field

In two dimensions, the divergence and curl theorems reduce to the Green's theorem:

Green's theorem of vector calculus

Theorem	Statement	Description
Green's theorem	${\displaystyle \iint _{A\,\subset \mathbb {R} ^{2}}\left({\frac {\partial M}{\partial x}}-{\frac {\partial L}{\partial y}}\right)dA\ =\ \oint _{\partial A}\left(L\,dx+M\,dy\right)}$	The integral of the divergence (or curl) of a vector field over some region A in ${\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{2}}$ equals the flux (or circulation) of the vector field over the closed curve bounding the region.
For divergence, F = (M, −L). For curl, F = (L, M, 0). L and M are functions of (x, y).

Applications[edit]

Linear approximations[edit]

Linear approximations are used to replace complicated functions with linear functions that are almost the same. Given a differentiable function f(x, y) with real values, one can approximate f(x, y) for (x, y) close to (a, b) by the formula

${\displaystyle f(x,y)\ \approx \ f(a,b)+{\tfrac {\partial f}{\partial x}}(a,b)\,(x-a)+{\tfrac {\partial f}{\partial y}}(a,b)\,(y-b).}$

The right-hand side is the equation of the plane tangent to the graph of z = f(x, y) at (a, b).

Optimization[edit]

For a continuously differentiable function of several real variables, a point P (that is, a set of values for the input variables, which is viewed as a point in Rⁿ) is critical if all of the partial derivatives of the function are zero at P, or, equivalently, if its gradient is zero. The critical values are the values of the function at the critical points.

If the function is smooth, or, at least twice continuously differentiable, a critical point may be either a local maximum, a local minimum or a saddle point. The different cases may be distinguished by considering the eigenvalues of the Hessian matrix of second derivatives.

By Fermat's theorem, all local maxima and minima of a differentiable function occur at critical points. Therefore, to find the local maxima and minima, it suffices, theoretically, to compute the zeros of the gradient and the eigenvalues of the Hessian matrix at these zeros.

Physics and engineering[edit]

Vector calculus is particularly useful in studying:

• Center of mass
• Field theory
• Kinematics
• Maxwell's equations

Generalizations[edit]

Different 3-manifolds[edit]

Vector calculus is initially defined for Euclidean 3-space, ${\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3},}$ which has additional structure beyond simply being a 3-dimensional real vector space, namely: a norm (giving a notion of length) defined via an inner product (the dot product), which in turn gives a notion of angle, and an orientation, which gives a notion of left-handed and right-handed. These structures give rise to a volume form, and also the cross product, which is used pervasively in vector calculus.

The gradient and divergence require only the inner product, while the curl and the cross product also requires the handedness of the coordinate system to be taken into account (see cross product and handedness for more detail).

Vector calculus can be defined on other 3-dimensional real vector spaces if they have an inner product (or more generally a symmetric nondegenerate form) and an orientation; note that this is less data than an isomorphism to Euclidean space, as it does not require a set of coordinates (a frame of reference), which reflects the fact that vector calculus is invariant under rotations (the special orthogonal group SO(3)).

More generally, vector calculus can be defined on any 3-dimensional oriented Riemannian manifold, or more generally pseudo-Riemannian manifold. This structure simply means that the tangent space at each point has an inner product (more generally, a symmetric nondegenerate form) and an orientation, or more globally that there is a symmetric nondegenerate metric tensor and an orientation, and works because vector calculus is defined in terms of tangent vectors at each point.

Other dimensions[edit]

Most of the analytic results are easily understood, in a more general form, using the machinery of differential geometry, of which vector calculus forms a subset. Grad and div generalize immediately to other dimensions, as do the gradient theorem, divergence theorem, and Laplacian (yielding harmonic analysis), while curl and cross product do not generalize as directly.

From a general point of view, the various fields in (3-dimensional) vector calculus are uniformly seen as being k-vector fields: scalar fields are 0-vector fields, vector fields are 1-vector fields, pseudovector fields are 2-vector fields, and pseudoscalar fields are 3-vector fields. In higher dimensions there are additional types of fields (scalar/vector/pseudovector/pseudoscalar corresponding to 0/1/n−1/n dimensions, which is exhaustive in dimension 3), so one cannot only work with (pseudo)scalars and (pseudo)vectors.

In any dimension, assuming a nondegenerate form, grad of a scalar function is a vector field, and div of a vector field is a scalar function, but only in dimension 3 or 7^[5] (and, trivially, in dimension 0 or 1) is the curl of a vector field a vector field, and only in 3 or 7 dimensions can a cross product be defined (generalizations in other dimensionalities either require ${\displaystyle n-1}$ vectors to yield 1 vector, or are alternative Lie algebras, which are more general antisymmetric bilinear products). The generalization of grad and div, and how curl may be generalized is elaborated at Curl: Generalizations; in brief, the curl of a vector field is a bivector field, which may be interpreted as the special orthogonal Lie algebra of infinitesimal rotations; however, this cannot be identified with a vector field because the dimensions differ – there are 3 dimensions of rotations in 3 dimensions, but 6 dimensions of rotations in 4 dimensions (and more generally ${\displaystyle \textstyle {{\binom {n}{2}}={\frac {1}{2}}n(n-1)}}$ dimensions of rotations in n dimensions).

There are two important alternative generalizations of vector calculus. The first, geometric algebra, uses k-vector fields instead of vector fields (in 3 or fewer dimensions, every k-vector field can be identified with a scalar function or vector field, but this is not true in higher dimensions). This replaces the cross product, which is specific to 3 dimensions, taking in two vector fields and giving as output a vector field, with the exterior product, which exists in all dimensions and takes in two vector fields, giving as output a bivector (2-vector) field. This product yields Clifford algebras as the algebraic structure on vector spaces (with an orientation and nondegenerate form). Geometric algebra is mostly used in generalizations of physics and other applied fields to higher dimensions.

The second generalization uses differential forms (k-covector fields) instead of vector fields or k-vector fields, and is widely used in mathematics, particularly in differential geometry, geometric topology, and harmonic analysis, in particular yielding Hodge theory on oriented pseudo-Riemannian manifolds. From this point of view, grad, curl, and div correspond to the exterior derivative of 0-forms, 1-forms, and 2-forms, respectively, and the key theorems of vector calculus are all special cases of the general form of Stokes' theorem.

From the point of view of both of these generalizations, vector calculus implicitly identifies mathematically distinct objects, which makes the presentation simpler but the underlying mathematical structure and generalizations less clear. From the point of view of geometric algebra, vector calculus implicitly identifies k-vector fields with vector fields or scalar functions: 0-vectors and 3-vectors with scalars, 1-vectors and 2-vectors with vectors. From the point of view of differential forms, vector calculus implicitly identifies k-forms with scalar fields or vector fields: 0-forms and 3-forms with scalar fields, 1-forms and 2-forms with vector fields. Thus for example the curl naturally takes as input a vector field or 1-form, but naturally has as output a 2-vector field or 2-form (hence pseudovector field), which is then interpreted as a vector field, rather than directly taking a vector field to a vector field; this is reflected in the curl of a vector field in higher dimensions not having as output a vector field.

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• "Vector analysis", Encyclopedia of Mathematics, EMS Press, 2001 [1994]
• "Vector algebra", Encyclopedia of Mathematics, EMS Press, 2001 [1994]
• A survey of the improper use of ∇ in vector analysis (1994) Tai, Chen-To
• Vector Analysis: A Text-book for the Use of Students of Mathematics and Physics, (based upon the lectures of Willard Gibbs) by Edwin Bidwell Wilson, published 1902.
• Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics: Vector Analysis