Antisymmetric first moment of a localized solenoidal field

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For a solenoidal vector field with compact support and suitable integrability, apply the divergence theorem to . It gives zero boundary term and hence the displayed antisymmetry. Equivalently, for any constant vector , the vector triple product identity yields . A piecewise smooth field must have no normal jump at its support boundary; otherwise its weak divergence contains a surface contribution and the argument fails.

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