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Mathematical Expression Editor
Below we have plotted a discrete “sampling” of a vector field:
Let be a circle of radius centered at the origin drawn in a counterclockwise fashion.
What conclusions seem to be true?
This is a gradient field.This is not a
gradient field.This field has positive divergence.This field has negative
divergence.