Laplacian vector field

Laplacian vector field

In vector calculus, a Laplacian vector field is a vector field which is both irrotational and incompressible. If the field is denoted as v, then it is described by the following differential equations:: abla imes mathbf{v} = 0, : abla cdot mathbf{v} = 0.

Since the curl of v is zero, it follows that v can be expressed as the gradient of a scalar potential (see irrotational field) "φ" :: mathbf{v} = abla phi qquad qquad (1) .Then, since the divergence of v is also zero, it follows from equation (1) that : abla cdot abla phi = 0 which is equivalent to: abla^2 phi = 0 .Therefore, the potential of a Laplacian field satisfies Laplace's equation.

ee also

* potential flow
* harmonic function


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