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Key equations

  • Vector field in 2
    F ( x , y ) = P ( x , y ) , Q ( x , y )
    or
    F ( x , y ) = P ( x , y ) i + Q ( x , y ) j
  • Vector field in 3
    F ( x , y , z ) = P ( x , y , z ) , Q ( x , y , z ) , R ( x , y , z )
    or
    F ( x , y , z ) = P ( x , y , z ) i + Q ( x , y , z ) j + R ( x , y , z ) k

The domain of vector field F = F ( x , y ) is a set of points ( x , y ) in a plane, and the range of F is a set of what in the plane?

Vectors

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For the following exercises, determine whether the statement is true or false .

Vector field F = 3 x 2 , 1 is a gradient field for both ϕ 1 ( x , y ) = x 3 + y and ϕ 2 ( x , y ) = y + x 3 + 100 .

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Vector field F = y , x x 2 + y 2 is constant in direction and magnitude on a unit circle.

False

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Vector field F = y , x x 2 + y 2 is neither a radial field nor a rotation.

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For the following exercises, describe each vector field by drawing some of its vectors.

[T] F ( x , y ) = x i + y j


A visual representation of a vector field in two dimensions. The arrows are larger the further they are from the origin. They stretch away from the origin in a radial pattern.

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[T] F ( x , y ) = y i + x j

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[T] F ( x , y ) = x i y j


A visual representation of a vector field in two dimensions. The arrows are larger the further they are from the origin and the further to the left and right they are from the y axis. The arrows asymptotically curve down and to the right in quadrant 1, down and to the left in quadrant 2, up and to the left in quadrant 3, and up and to the right in quadrant four.

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[T] F ( x , y ) = 2 x i + 3 y j


A visual representation of a vector field in two dimensions. The arrows are larger the further away from the origin they are and, even more so, the further away from the y axis they are. They stretch out away from the origin in a radial manner.

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[T] F ( x , y ) = 3 i + x j

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[T] F ( x , y ) = y i + sin x j


A visual representation of a vector field in two dimensions. The arrows are larger the further away they are from the x axis. The arrows form two radial patterns, one on each side of the y axis. The patterns are clockwise.

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[T] F ( x , y , z ) = x i + y j + z k

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[T] F ( x , y , z ) = 2 x i 2 y j 2 z k


A visual representation of a vector field in three dimensions. The arrows seem to get smaller as both the z component gest close to zero and the x component gets larger, and as both the y and z components get larger. The arrows seem to converge in both of those directions as well.

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[T] F ( x , y , z ) = y z i x z j

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For the following exercises, find the gradient vector field of each function f .

f ( x , y ) = x sin y + cos y

F ( x , y ) = sin ( y ) i + ( x cos y sin y ) j

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f ( x , y , z ) = z e x y

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f ( x , y , z ) = x 2 y + x y + y 2 z

F ( x , y , z ) = ( 2 x y + y ) i + ( x 2 + x + 2 y z ) j + y 2 k

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f ( x , y ) = x 2 sin ( 5 y )

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f ( x , y ) = ln ( 1 + x 2 + 2 y 2 )

F ( x , y ) = ( 2 x 1 + x 2 + 2 y 2 ) i + ( 4 y 1 + x 2 + 2 y 2 ) j

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f ( x , y , z ) = x cos ( y z )

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What is vector field F ( x , y ) with a value at ( x , y ) that is of unit length and points toward ( 1 , 0 ) ?

F ( x , y ) = ( 1 x ) i y j ( 1 x ) 2 + y 2

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For the following exercises, write formulas for the vector fields with the given properties.

All vectors are parallel to the x -axis and all vectors on a vertical line have the same magnitude.

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All vectors point toward the origin and have constant length.

F ( x , y ) = ( y i x j ) x 2 + y 2

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All vectors are of unit length and are perpendicular to the position vector at that point.

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Give a formula F ( x , y ) = M ( x , y ) i + N ( x , y ) j for the vector field in a plane that has the properties that F = 0 at ( 0 , 0 ) and that at any other point ( a , b ) , F is tangent to circle x 2 + y 2 = a 2 + b 2 and points in the clockwise direction with magnitude | F | = a 2 + b 2 .

F ( x , y ) = y i x j

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Is vector field F ( x , y ) = ( P ( x , y ) , Q ( x , y ) ) = ( sin x + y ) i + ( cos y + x ) j a gradient field?

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Find a formula for vector field F ( x , y ) = M ( x , y ) i + N ( x , y ) j given the fact that for all points ( x , y ) , F points toward the origin and | F | = 10 x 2 + y 2 .

F ( x , y ) = −10 ( x 2 + y 2 ) 3 / 2 ( x i + y j )

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For the following exercises, assume that an electric field in the xy -plane caused by an infinite line of charge along the x -axis is a gradient field with potential function V ( x , y ) = c ln ( r 0 x 2 + y 2 ) , where c > 0 is a constant and r 0 is a reference distance at which the potential is assumed to be zero.

Find the components of the electric field in the x - and y -directions, where E ( x , y ) = V ( x , y ) .

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Show that the electric field at a point in the xy -plane is directed outward from the origin and has magnitude E | = c r , where r = x 2 = y 2 .

E = c | r | 2 r = c | r | r | r |

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A flow line (or streamline ) of a vector field F is a curve r ( t ) such that d r / d t = F ( r ( t ) ) . If F represents the velocity field of a moving particle, then the flow lines are paths taken by the particle. Therefore, flow lines are tangent to the vector field. For the following exercises, show that the given curve c ( t ) is a flow line of the given velocity vector field F ( x , y , z ) .

c ( t ) = ( e 2 t , ln | t | , 1 t ) , t 0 ; F ( x , y , z ) = 2 x , z , z 2

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c ( t ) = ( sin t , cos t , e t ) ; F ( x , y , z ) = y , x , z

c ( t ) = ( cos t , sin t , e t ) = F ( c ( t ) )

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For the following exercises, let F = x i + y j , G = y i + x j , and H = x i y j . Match F , G , and H with their graphs.

For the following exercises, let F = x i + y j , G = y i + x j , and H = x j + y j . Match the vector fields with their graphs in ( I ) ( IV ) .

  1. F + G
  2. F + H
  3. G + H
  4. F + G

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Source:  OpenStax, Calculus volume 3. OpenStax CNX. Feb 05, 2016 Download for free at http://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11966/1.2
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