Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 2 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2024 / Paper 1 / 1 / d

Use Einstein summation convention and write ${\partial }_j={\nabla }_j$. Since ${\partial }_j{r}_i={\delta }_{ij}$, where ${\delta }_{ij}$ is the Kronecker delta, the product rule givesThis proves $\boxed{P_i={\partial }_j(r_i{w}_j)-w_i}$. Now take $w_j={\partial }_j\psi$. Integrating this identity and applying the divergence theorem to the first term givesPart (b) changes the last volume integral of the gradient into a surface integral, yieldingHere $d{S}_i={\hat{n}}_{i}dS$; the Laplacian is ${\nabla }^2\psi ={\partial }_j{\partial }_j\psi$.