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Term: Laplacian (of a vector field)
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Definition: vector ΔU associated at each point of a given space region with a vector U, equal to the gradient of the divergence of the vector field minus the rotation of the rotation of this vector field:

ΔU = grad div Urot rot U

NOTE 1 In orthonormal Cartesian coordinates, the three components of the Laplacian of a vector field are:

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NOTE 2 The Laplacian of the vector field U is denoted by ΔU or ∇2U, where Δ is the Laplacian operator.


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