 Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2024/ia/paper-3/3b/iv/solution

Codex  0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25

For

F = (x, y, z)

\nabla \cdot F = 1 + 1 + 1 = 3

and all cross-partial terms in the curl vanish, so

\nabla \times F = 0 .

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