Del (redirect from Nabla operator)
or nabla, is an operator used in mathematics (particularly in vector calculus) as a vector differential operator, usually represented by the nabla symbol...
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⋅ ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla \cdot \nabla } , ∇ 2 {\displaystyle \nabla ^{2}} (where ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } is the nabla operator), or Δ {\displaystyle...
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∇ 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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Curl (mathematics) (redirect from Curl (operator))
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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∇ ⋅ ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla ^{2}\equiv \operatorname {div} \ \operatorname {grad} \equiv \nabla \cdot \nabla } Vector operators must always come right...
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Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics) (redirect from Hamiltonian Operator)
{p}}=-i\hbar \nabla ,} is the momentum operator where a ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } is the del operator. The dot product of ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } with itself...
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Laplace–Beltrami operator itself does not depend on this additional structure. The exterior derivative d {\displaystyle d} and − ∇ {\displaystyle -\nabla } are formal...
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Gradient (redirect from Gradient Operator)
variables is the vector field (or vector-valued function) ∇ f {\displaystyle \nabla f} whose value at a point p {\displaystyle p} gives the direction and the...
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operator or sometimes quabla operator (cf. nabla symbol) is the Laplace operator of Minkowski space. The operator is named after French mathematician and...
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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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operator can be written in the position basis as: p ^ = − i ℏ ∇ {\displaystyle \mathbf {\hat {p}} =-i\hbar \nabla } where ∇ is the gradient operator,...
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heat equation, where the matrix −L is replacing the Laplacian operator ∇ 2 {\textstyle \nabla ^{2}} ; hence, the "graph Laplacian". To find a solution to...
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{\displaystyle {\boldsymbol {\omega }}\equiv \nabla \times \mathbf {v} \,,} where ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } is the nabla operator. Conceptually, ω {\displaystyle {\boldsymbol...
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dimensions the momentum operator uses the nabla operator to become: p ^ = − i ℏ ∇ . {\displaystyle \mathbf {\hat {p}} =-i\hbar \nabla .} In Cartesian coordinates...
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{\displaystyle d=e^{a}\wedge \nabla _{e_{a}},\quad \delta =e^{a}\lrcorner \nabla _{e_{a}}} . Then we can define a Dirac-Kähler operator D {\displaystyle D} ,...
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Divergence (redirect from Divergence operator)
linear operator, and it satisfies the "product rule" ∇ ⋅ ( φ F ) = ( ∇ φ ) ⋅ F + φ ( ∇ ⋅ F ) {\displaystyle \nabla \cdot (\varphi \mathbf {F} )=(\nabla \varphi...
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satisfy ∫ Ω ∇ u ⋅ ∇ φ d x = ∫ Ω f φ d x {\displaystyle \int _{\Omega }\nabla u\cdot \nabla \varphi \,\mathrm {d} x=\int _{\Omega }f\varphi \,\mathrm {d} x}...
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a motor variable. The differential operator del, also called nabla, is an important vector differential operator. It appears frequently in physics in...
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Del in cylindrical and spherical coordinates (redirect from Nabla in cilindrical and spherical coordinates)
\operatorname {curl} \mathbf {A} \equiv \nabla \times (\nabla \times \mathbf {A} )=\nabla (\nabla \cdot \mathbf {A} )-\nabla ^{2}\mathbf {A} } (Lagrange's formula...
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Laplace–Beltrami operator. It is defined as the trace of the second covariant derivative: Δ T = tr ∇ 2 T , {\displaystyle \Delta T={\text{tr}}\;\nabla ^{2}T,}...
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{\displaystyle L=\square ={\tfrac {1}{c^{2}}}\partial _{t}^{2}-\nabla ^{2}} , the d'Alembert operator, and space has 3 dimensions then: [ [ L ] ] = [ [ length...
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formula ∇ × u → {\displaystyle \nabla \times {\vec {\mathit {u}}}} , where ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } is the nabla operator and u → {\displaystyle {\vec {\mathit...
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Laplace operator, ∇ ⋅ {\displaystyle \nabla \cdot } is the divergence operator (also symbolized "div"), ∇ {\displaystyle \nabla } is the gradient operator (also...
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rate of change. Div (divergence), (with operator symbol ∇ ⋅ {\displaystyle {\nabla \cdot }} ) is a vector operator that measures a vector field's divergence...
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Vector notation (section Nabla)
{u} ,\mathbf {v} ]} Vector notation is used with calculus through the Nabla operator: i ∂ ∂ x + j ∂ ∂ y + k ∂ ∂ z {\displaystyle \mathbf {i} {\frac {\partial...
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Finite difference (redirect from Forward difference operator)
difference operators are h D = − ln ( 1 − ∇ h ) and h D = 2 arsinh ( 1 2 δ h ) . {\displaystyle h\operatorname {D} =-\ln(1-\nabla _{h})\quad {\text{...
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'|}}\,\mathrm {d} S'\end{aligned}}} and ∇ ′ {\displaystyle \nabla '} is the nabla operator with respect to r ′ {\displaystyle \mathbf {r'} } , not r {\displaystyle...
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y_{t}+\mathbf {a} (y)\cdot \nabla y=0} where the conserved quantity is y(r,t), ⋅ denotes the scalar product, ∇ is the nabla operator, here indicating a gradient...
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the nabla symbol, ∇, denotes the three-dimensional gradient operator, del, the ∇⋅ symbol (pronounced "del dot") denotes the divergence operator, the...
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In mathematics, a self-adjoint operator on a complex vector space V with inner product ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ {\displaystyle \langle \cdot ,\cdot \rangle } is a linear...
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