DIVERGENCE

Divergence

In vector calculus, divergence is a vector operator that measures the magnitude of a vector field's source or sink at a given point, in terms of a signed scalar. More technically, the divergence represents the volume density of the outward flux of a vector field from an infinitesimal volume around a given point.

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divergence

Noun

  1. The degree to which two or more things diverge.
    an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines
  2. the operator which maps a function F=(F1, ... Fn) from a n-dimensional vector space to itself to the number <math>\sum_{i=1}^n \frac{\partial F_i}{\partial x_i}</math>
  3. disagreement; difference


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