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qspeechc
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Hello everyone. I'm trying to get my head around this product rule:
[tex] \nabla \times (A\times B) = (B\cdot \nabla )A - (A\cdot \nabla )B + A(\nabla \cdot B) - B(\nabla \cdot A) [/tex]
Ok, we have this
[tex] \nabla = (\partial /\partial x,\partial/\partial y,\partial /\partial z) [/tex]
and for dot products
[tex] a\cdot b = b\cdot a [/tex]
Therefore in the product rule given above, is it not the case
[tex] (B\cdot \nabla )A = A(\nabla \cdot B) [/tex]
and similarly, the other two terms on the RHS are equal?
Thank-you for your help.
[tex] \nabla \times (A\times B) = (B\cdot \nabla )A - (A\cdot \nabla )B + A(\nabla \cdot B) - B(\nabla \cdot A) [/tex]
Ok, we have this
[tex] \nabla = (\partial /\partial x,\partial/\partial y,\partial /\partial z) [/tex]
and for dot products
[tex] a\cdot b = b\cdot a [/tex]
Therefore in the product rule given above, is it not the case
[tex] (B\cdot \nabla )A = A(\nabla \cdot B) [/tex]
and similarly, the other two terms on the RHS are equal?
Thank-you for your help.