Sketch a plot of the vector field F = - x / (1 + x2 + y2)3/2

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Sketch a plot of the vector field
F = - x / (1 + x2 + y2)3/2 i - y / (1 + x2 + y2)3/2 j
for (x, y) in the rectangle -1 s x s 1, -1 s y s 1. From the plot, use the marginal box that describes the interpretation of div and curl to determine whether div is positive, negative, or zero at the origin, and whether a paddle wheel placed at the origin would rotate clockwise, counterclockwise, or not at all. (For the curl, think of F as being a vector field in 3-space with z-component equal to 0.)
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Calculus

ISBN: 978-0131429246

9th edition

Authors: Dale Varberg, Edwin J. Purcell, Steven E. Rigdon

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