Vector gradient form of the divergence theorem (${\int }_V\nabla fdV={\int }_{\partial V}fndS$)

For a continuously differentiable scalar-valued function $f$ on a bounded sufficiently regular region, apply the divergence theorem to $fk$, where $k$ is any constant vector. Since $\nabla \cdot (fk)=k\cdot \nabla f$, the dot products of the two displayed vector integrals with every $k$ agree. The vector integrals are therefore equal. This is the scalar-gradient analogue of the usual flux identity.