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VectorPotential

  

compute a vector potential of a vector field in R^3

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

VectorPotential(v)

Parameters

v

-

vector field or Vector valued procedure; specify the components of the vector field in R^3

Description

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The VectorPotential(v) command computes a vector potential of the vector field v.  The result is a vector field F such that CurlF=v.  If a vector potential does not exist, NULL is returned.

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If v is a vector field, a vector field is returned.  If v is a procedure, a procedure is returned.

Examples

withVectorCalculus:

SetCoordinatescartesianx,y,z

cartesianx,y,z

(1)

vVectorFieldy,x,0

vye_x+xe_y+0e_z

(2)

VectorPotentialv

xze_x+yze_y+0e_z

(3)

ye_x+xe_y+0e_z

(4)

SetCoordinatescylindricalr,θ,z

cylindricalr,θ,z

(5)

vVectorFieldr,0,2z

vre_r+0e_θ+2ze_z

(6)

VectorPotentialv

0e_r+rcosθ2zrsinθ2ze_θ+0e_z

(7)

re_r+0e_θ+2ze_z

(8)

See Also

VectorCalculus

VectorCalculus[CrossProduct]

VectorCalculus[Curl]

VectorCalculus[ScalarPotential]

VectorCalculus[SetCoordinates]

VectorCalculus[Vector]

VectorCalculus[VectorField]