Find the curl of the fields shown on the image below.

a) A curl is the vector derivative of a vector field. It can be denoted as 


`vec grad xx vec F` , where `vec F` is the vector field. `


The curl is calculated as three-dimensional determinant:


i           j            k


d/dx     d/dy      d/dz


`F_x`      `F_y`      `F_z`


This determinant equals the vector quantity


`((dF_z)/dy - (dF_y)/(dz)) veci - ((dF_z)/(dx) - (dF_x)/(dz))vecj + ((dF_y)/(dx)...

a) A curl is the vector derivative of a vector field. It can be denoted as 


`vec grad xx vec F` , where `vec F` is the vector field. `


The curl is calculated as three-dimensional determinant:


i           j            k


d/dx     d/dy      d/dz


`F_x`      `F_y`      `F_z`


This determinant equals the vector quantity


`((dF_z)/dy - (dF_y)/(dz)) veci - ((dF_z)/(dx) - (dF_x)/(dz))vecj + ((dF_y)/(dx) - (dF_x)/(dy))veck` .


To find curl of the given field, let's first find all the required partial derivatives:


`(dF_y)/(dx) = y^2z`


`(dF_x)/(dy) = x^2z`


`(dF_z)/(dy) = xz^2`


`(dF_y)/(dz) = xy^2`



`(dF_z)/(dx) = yz^2`


`(dF_x)/(dz) = x^2y`


Substituting these into the expression above, we get


`vec grad xx vecF = x(z^2 - y^2) veci + y(x^2 - z^2) vecj + z(y^2 - x^2) veck` .


This is the curl of the given vector field.


b) Follow the same procedure to find the curl of this given vector field, as well.


These are the partial derivatives:


`(dF_y)/(dx) = y^2`


`(dF_x)/(dy) = -xsiny`


`(dF_z)/(dy) = 0`


`(dF_y)/(dz) = 0`


`(dF_z)/(dx) = 0`


`(dF_x)/(dz) = 0`


So the only component of the curl of this field that is non-zero is the z-component:


`vecgrad xx vecF = (y^2+xsiny) veck` .





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