The document contains a problem set focused on vector analysis and related concepts in physics and mathematics. It includes questions about the nature of current, vector dependencies, vector fields, coplanarity of vectors, and various vector operations such as cross and dot products. Additionally, it addresses geometric concepts like the area of triangles and laws of reflection and refraction in vector form.
The document contains a problem set focused on vector analysis and related concepts in physics and mathematics. It includes questions about the nature of current, vector dependencies, vector fields, coplanarity of vectors, and various vector operations such as cross and dot products. Additionally, it addresses geometric concepts like the area of triangles and laws of reflection and refraction in vector form.
The document contains a problem set focused on vector analysis and related concepts in physics and mathematics. It includes questions about the nature of current, vector dependencies, vector fields, coplanarity of vectors, and various vector operations such as cross and dot products. Additionally, it addresses geometric concepts like the area of triangles and laws of reflection and refraction in vector form.
The document contains a problem set focused on vector analysis and related concepts in physics and mathematics. It includes questions about the nature of current, vector dependencies, vector fields, coplanarity of vectors, and various vector operations such as cross and dot products. Additionally, it addresses geometric concepts like the area of triangles and laws of reflection and refraction in vector form.
The bold-typed letters represent vectors. When you write down the answer, you must put arrows on the symbols representing vectors.
1. Do you think current is a vector or a scalar quantity?Justify your answer.
2. Consider a vector ai+bj+ck in a rectangular coordinate system. Is this vector linearly
dependent on only j and k?
3. Graph the vector field: r=xi+yj.
4. For any two vectors A and B, show that |A+B| ≤ |A|+|B|.
5. Are the three vectors -6i+3j+2k, 3i-2j+4k and 5i+7j+3k coplanar?
6. The plane 3x+2y+z=6 is rotated about its line of intersection with the plane x-5y+3z=6. Find the equation of the plane in its new location.
7. A triangle has vertices A, B and C. Prove that the area is given by
(A x B + B x C + C x A)/2
8. For any four vectors A, B, C and D show that
(A x B) x (C x D)=(A· B x D) C – (A· B x C) D
9. Prove that the scalar triple product of (A × B), (B × C), and (C × A) is equal to the square of the scalar triple product of A, B, and C. 10. (Boas Ch 6 Example 1): If F = i + 3j − k acts at the point (1, 1, 1), find the torque of F about the line r = 3i + 2k + (2i − 2j + k)t.
11. Express laws of reflection and refraction of light in vector algebra form.
12. Define polar vector, axial vector and pseudo vector. Give one example of each.
13. Express the dot product, cross product of two vectors in index notations. Express the scalar triple product and vector triple product of three vectors as well.
14. Consider the determinant:
Show that the determinant of this matrix can be calculated using the Levi-Civita notation as: D 3 = ∑ ϵ ijk A 1i A 2 j A 3 k i, j ,k
15. Distinguish between scalar, vector and a tensor of rank two considering the behaviour of the object under rotation of coordinates.
