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GATE 2024 AG – Question 11

Engineering Mathematics · Vector Calculus · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Find the divergence of the curl of a twice continuously differentiable vector function.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. $\infty$

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Correct answer: (A) 0

Explanation

The identity is $\nabla\cdot(\nabla\times\mathbf F)=0$. Expanding produces differences of mixed second partial derivatives, which cancel pairwise because the stated smoothness permits interchanging their order. Hence **0,A**.

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