Dell Operaator

[ptc-1903578]

In physics the Dell Operator is frequently used. I can find no such operator in Mathcad.

Is there one or has anyone created one that I can get?

Or how can I create one on my own?

Thanks for your help.

jswalsh

[ptc-1368288]

On 9/22/2009 6:33:56 AM, jswalsh wrote:
>In physics the Dell Operator
>is frequently used. I can find
>no such operator in Mathcad.
>
>Is there one or has anyone
>created one that I can get?
>
>Or how can I create one on my own?
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>jswalsh
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[LarryLederer-di]

On 9/22/2009 6:33:56 AM, jswalsh wrote:
>In physics the Dell Operator
>is frequently used. I can find
>no such operator in Mathcad.
>

It is in version 14. You can find it on the calculus toolbar.


Derbigdog
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[TomGutman]

In standard usage del (∇) is used for three different operations. All three are available as function in the Jacobian etc. worksheet -- http://collab.mathsoft.com/read?102332,63 . In actuality there is a single ∇ operator, which is a quaternion operator, with the standard usages being essentially special cases. The quaternion ∇ is also in that worksheet.

MC14 uses the ∇ symbol to implement one of the three standard usages, the gradient. The curl and divergence are left to the imagination of the user.
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[Ninetrees]

Attached is a simple worksheet showing how M14 might handle the dell operator in use.

You will find Tom's worksheet far more complete than this one, and contains many comments explaining what he does. Great tutorial on the subject as it applies to using Mathcad.

It is taking several minutes to run the whole of Tom's worksheet, so it is a good idea to fire it up when you have some time to do some serious browsing.

Tom's worksheet has an advantage over the M14 version with the dell operator in that it works for earlier versions. However, the examples in the attached worksheet are pretty simple to implement, if that is all you need.

...and Tom, you might put version numbers on your regularly posted worksheets. They are a great source of info, and it would be useful to know what the latest version is...

Rich
http://www.downeastengineering.com/

[Ninetrees]

I don't know whether the version 12 worksheet that I uploaded will actually work in M12 because I don't have it available right now. The original worksheet is in M14.

Rich
http://www.downeastengineering.com/

[LarryLederer-di]

On 9/23/2009 8:33:54 AM, woodwise wrote:

>I don't know whether the

>version 12 worksheet that I

>uploaded will actually work in

>M12 because I don't have it

>available right now. The

>original worksheet is in M14.

>

>Rich

>http://www.downeastengineering

>.com/



It has some problems with the reference documents which were not included, otherwise ok





Derbigdog

Solving problems one byte at a time.