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ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 2

Chapter 4 Part 2 (Week 10)


VECTOR-VALUED FUNCTIONS
Dr. Mohammad Izat Emir Zulkifly
Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Faculty of Science
Objectives
At the end of the class, students should be able to:
Apply gradient operator to find:
❖directional derivative
❖normal vector to a surface
❖divergence/curl
OUTLINES
• 4.5 Scalar and Vector Fields
• 4.6 Directional Derivatives and Gradient
• 4.7 Normal Vector to a surface
• 4.8 Divergence and Curl
4.5 Scalar and Vector Fields
4.5 Scalar and Vector Fields
4.5.1 Gradient of Scalar Fields (rate of change)

Black &
white :
scalar field
Blue arrow:
gradient
Solution

=?
grad f (1, 2, -3) =?
Solution

=?
grad  (2, 2, -1) =?
4.5.2 Directional Derivative
Unit
Vector is
Solution given
f (1, 2 ) =
Du f (1, 2 ) = f (1, 2 )  u =
Only Solution
v
vector is u= =
given, so v
find unit
vector f (1,3, 0 ) =

Du f (1,3, 0 ) = f (1,3, 0 )  u =
Direction
Magnitude maximum
maximum Only vector
is given, so
find unit
vector
Solution

v
u= =
v

∇𝑓 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧 =
∇𝑓 1,3,1 =

𝐷𝑢 𝑓 1,3,1 = ∇𝑓 1,3,1 ∙ 𝐮 =
4.5.3 Normal Vector to a Surface
Exercise
4.5.4 Divergence and Curl
Solution
div 𝐅 = ∇ ∙ 𝐅 =

curl 𝐅 = ∇ × 𝐅 =
Final 2015/2016 Sem 1

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