Cylindrically radial divergence

ID: cylindrically-radial-divergence

Cylindrically radial divergence by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-07
For a vector field directed radially from a fixed axis and depending only on distance from that axis, cylindrical coordinates give . Zero divergence gives on any positive radial interval. Unless , this field is singular on the axis, so applications of the divergence theorem must use a domain avoiding it or account separately for that singularity.

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