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Saturday Sept 19th: Vector Calculus Vector derivatives of a scalar field: gradient, directional derivative, Laplacian Vector derivatives of a vector field: divergence, curl
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Scalar fields unit vectors e.g. temperature oxygen content
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e.g. surface pressure = P(longitude, latitude)
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Differentiating a scalar: directional derivative, gradient gradient directional derivative
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Pressure gradient
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Pressure gradient force
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Examples
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A vector differential operator “Del”, or “Nabla”,
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The Laplacian
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2,3 dimensional PDEs Laplace’s eq’n Diffusion eq’n Wave eq’n
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Vector fields
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Differentiating a vector field examples
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Divergence of a vector field
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Modeling rain
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Curl
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Example: river flow
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Diffusion (friction) Concentration of velocity diffuses away
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Example: river flow gravity
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Example: river flow
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curl
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Identities of vector calculus
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