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Irrotational Field


A vector field v for which the curl vanishes,

 del xv=0.

See also

Beltrami Field, Conservative Field, Poincaré's Theorem, Solenoidal Field, Vector Field

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Irrotational Field." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/IrrotationalField.html

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