Gradient Ques: Is Constant Vector Dot Product 0?

latentcorpse · 2009-04-13T20:21:21+00:00

hi. the is it true that if \vec{m} is a constant vector, then \nabla \cdot \vec{m}=0?

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latentcorpse

hi. the is it true that if [itex]\vec{m}[/itex] is a constant vector, then

[itex]\nabla \cdot \vec{m}=0[/itex]?

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Yes, If m is a constant vector field, then the gradient is zero.

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