Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2023/ia/paper-3/9b/solution

Using the product rule for directional derivatives,
Thus and . If and , then . Integrating the two directional derivatives as divergences gives only boundary fluxes, which vanish because . This is helicity conservation by tangent boundary conditions, so .
For the stated field, direct use of the cylindrical curl gives . Therefore

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