Curl
By Chris Tisdell - University of New South Wales
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Lecture Description
This lecture gently introduces the idea of a the "curl" of a vector field. The curl is one of the basic operations of vector calculus. Dr Chris Tisdell discusses the definition of the curl and how to compute it. Plently of examples are provided. A physical interpretation of the curl is also presented in terms of circulation density. Basically speaking, curl measures the tendency of a vecotr field to "swirl" around a point.
Course Description
This is a series of lectures for MATH2111 "Higher Several Variable Calculus" and "Vector Calculus", which is a 2nd-year mathematics subject taught at UNSW, Sydney. This playlist provides a shapshot of some lectures presented in Session 1, 2009. These lectures focus on presenting vector calculus in an applied and engineering context, while maintaining mathematical rigour. Thus, this playlist may be useful to students of mathematics, but also to those of engineering, physics and the applied sciences. There is an emphasis on examples and also on proofs.
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