ME 514 - Fluid Dynamics
Homework #2
Fall 2024
Deadline: Friday, September 6, 2024 (at 4 pm)
1. (25 pt) Prove the following identities using either index notation or non-index format.
(a) ∇ × ∇ϕ = 0
⃗ =0
(b) ∇ · (∇ × A)
(c) ∇(ϕψ) = ϕ(∇ψ) + ψ(∇ϕ)
(d) ∇ × (ϕA)⃗ = ∇ϕ × A ⃗ + ϕ(∇ × A)
⃗
⃗ × B)
(e) ∇ · (A ⃗ =B ⃗ · (∇ × A)
⃗ −A ⃗ · (∇ × B)
⃗