Math 2.0

Real functions Concept

Vector field

Builds on Vector-valued functionEuclidean space

Summary

A vector field on a subset of ℝn\mathbb{R}^n assigns a vector of ℝn\mathbb{R}^n to each point of the subset. It models quantities with a direction and a size at each point, such as the velocity of a fluid or a force field.

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