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    Department of Physics PHY 103A-First Handout

    IIT Kanpur Aug-Dec 2018

    1. If r = (t2 + 2t)i − 3e−2t j + 2 sin(5t)k, find the following at t = 0.


    dr
    (a)
    dtdr
    (b)
    dt
    d2 r
    (c) dt2

    2
    (d) ddt2r
    [If t represents time, then these are the velocity, speed (magnitude of velocity), accelera-
    tion and the magnitude of acceleration, respectively for a particle moving along a curve
    x = t2 + 2t, y = −3e−2t and 2 sin(5t). ]

    2. Gradient, Divergence and curl: If φ = x2 yz 3 and A = xz î − y 2 ĵ + 2x2 y k̂, find the


    following:
    (a) Gradient: ∇φ
    (b) Divergence: ∇ · A
    (c) Curl: ∇ × A
    (d) Laplacian: ∇2 φ
    (e) div(φA)
    (f) curl(φA)
    (g) If B = xî + y ĵ + z k̂, then evaluate C = (A · ∇)B and D = B(∇ · A). Are the two
    vectors C and D identical ?
    [Recall that this was the confusion at the end of the lecture on Friday. Now you can
    answer it yourself.]

    3. Divergence of Curl: For an arbitrary vector V, show that ∇ · (∇ × V) = 0. What


    about ∇ × (∇ · V) ?

    4. Consider a surface described by an equation φ(x, y, z) = c, where c is a constant.


    (a) Show that ∇φ is perpendicular to the surface. [This is related to our argument of
    the direction of the gradient being perpendicular to an ”equipotential” surface, if
    φ denoted a potential.]
    (b) Find a unit vector normal to the surface 2x2 + 4yz − 5z 2 = −10, at the point
    P = (3, −1, 2).

    5. Prove the following identities:


    (a) A × (B × C) = B(A · C) − C(A · B) [This is the BAC-CAB rule as per Griffiths!]
    (b) ∇ · (A × B) = B · (∇ × A) − A · (∇ × B)
    (c) ∇ × (A × B) = (B · ∇)A − B(∇ · A) − (A · ∇)B + A(∇ · B)
    (d) ∇ × (∇ × A) = ∇(∇ · A) − ∇2 A

    Phy103A: Electrodynamics Soumik Mukhopadhyay, Amit Agarwal


    Phy103A Page 2 of 2 First Handout

    6. (*) A particle moves along a space curve r = r(t), where t is the time measured from
    some initial time. The magnitude of the velocity of the particle is, v = |dr/dt| = ds/dt,
    where s is the arc-length along the space curve measured from some initial position.
    Prove that the acceleration of the particle is given by

    dv v2
    a= T+ N ,
    dt ρ
    where
    T −1 and N are the unit tangent and unit normal vectors to the space curve and
    2
    ρ = dds2r .

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