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Proof That No Vector With Curl Equal to the Radial Vector Exists

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Theorem

There is no vectorsatisfying

Proof

Assume such aexists.

and

Equating components and differentiating gives

Adding these three equations, all the second derivatives vanish, giving 0=3 – so there is no such

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