Curl of a Div of a Green's Function

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The discussion centers on the mathematical properties of the Green's function for the Laplacian, specifically the expression G(⟨x⟩, ⟨x'⟩) = -1/(4π |⟨x⟩ - ⟨x'⟩|). The original poster inquires about the divergence of the curl of the Green's function, later clarifying that they meant the curl of the gradient of the Green's function. It is established that the divergence of the curl of any vector field, including the gradient of the Green's function, is zero, as demonstrated through the determinant of the Jacobian matrix.

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Okey Dokey, so I'm bored and decided to play around with some math. I've got a problem that I can't figure out now; I have the green's function for the laplacian

[tex]G(\vec{x}, \vec{x'}) = - \frac{1}{4\pi |\vec{x} - \vec{x'}|}[/tex]

There are no boundary conditions.

Is there any lazy way to figure out the div of the curl of the green's function, or do I have to do some work on this one?

[EDIT]: The lack of coffee is getting to me, it's the curl of a gradient of the green's function.
 
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div(curl(A))=0 for any vector A
 
The OP editted it to curl(grad f) but it easy to show that that is 0 also!

[tex]\left|\begin{array}{ccc} \vec{i} & \vec{j} & \vec{k} \\ \frac{\partial}{\partial x} & \frac{\partial}{\partial y} & \frac{\partial}{\partial z} \\ f_x & f_y & f_z \end{array} \right|= \vec{0}[/tex]

It doesn't matter whether the function is Green's function or not.
 

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