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Instructor:
Ralf Wittenberg
K-10536, 291-4792
ralf@sfu.ca |
Lectures:
M, W, F 8:30-9:20am
in K 9500 |
Text:
Davis & Snider,
Introduction to Vector Analysis
Wm.C. Brown |
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Announcements:
- Lecture 13: 7 February
Divergence:
Flux, fluid flow; divergence of a vector field as flux per unit volume, derivation of formula for div F
Reading: D&S Ch.3 (3.3)
- Lecture 14: 9 February
Conservation Laws and Curl:
Flux and mass conservation, equation of continuity in fluid mechanics, general conservation laws; circulation, curl as circulation per unit area, derivation of formula for curl F, example
Reading: D&S Ch.3 (3.3, 3.4)
- Lecture 15: 11 February
Del Notation and the Laplacian:
Angular velocity interpretation of curl, scalar curl; the del operator, differential operators in Cartesian coordinates; the Laplacian and applications
Reading: D&S Ch.3 (3.4, 3.5, 3.6)
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