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Homework Statement
In a book I find the following derivation:
\int (J \cdot \nabla ) \frac{\bf{r} - \bf{r}'}{|\bf{r} - \bf{r}'|^3} d^3\mathbf{r'}= -\sum_{i=1}^3 \int J_i \frac{\partial}{\partial r_i'} \frac{\bf{r} - \bf{r}'}{|\bf{r} - \bf{r}'|^3} d^3\mathbf{r'} \\<br /> = -\sum_{i=1}^3 \int J_i \frac{\bf{r} - \bf{r}'}{|\bf{r} - \bf{r}'|^3} d^2r_{j\neq i}'\bigg|_{r_i' = -\infty}^\infty + \int \frac{\bf{r} - \bf{r}'}{|\bf{r} - \bf{r}'|^3} \nabla' \cdot \mathbf{J} d^3\mathbf{r'}
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
I understand the first line, but in the second line I don't understand how the second term comes about. I don't see how the divergence of J is taken as the nabla operator doesn't operate on it. If I calculate for example one of the three terms:
\int J_x \frac{\partial}{\partial x'} \frac{\bf{r} - \bf{r}'}{|\bf{r} - \bf{r}'|^3} d^3\mathbf{r'}
I don't see how a term with \frac{\partial J_x}{\partial x'} comes out of this?