 Componentwise harmonic vector field

A vector field in Euclidean space is componentwise harmonic when each Cartesian component is a harmonic function, equivalently its componentwise Laplacian vanishes. Constant and linear vector fields are examples, as are constant linear combinations of derivatives of $1/r$ away from the origin in three dimensions. Such fields supply the vector potentials in the Papkovich–Neuber representation. Componentwise harmonicity does not by itself require zero divergence or zero curl.