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Physlib.SpaceAndTime.TimeAndSpace.Basic

Functions and distributions on Time and Space d

i. Overview

In this module we define and prove basic lemmas about derivatives of functions and distributions on both `Time` and `Space d`.

We put these results in the namespace `Space` by convention.

ii. Key results

- `distTimeDeriv` : The derivative of a distribution on `Time × Space d` along the temporal coordinate. - `distSpaceDeriv` : The derivative of a distribution on `Time × Space d` along the spatial `i` coordinate. - `distSpaceGrad` : The spatial gradient of a distribution on `Time × Space d`. - `distSpaceDiv` : The spatial divergence of a distribution on `Time × Space d`. - `distSpaceCurl` : The spatial curl of a distribution on `Time × Space 3`.

iii. Table of contents

- A. Derivatives involving time and space - A.1. Space and time derivatives in terms of curried functions - A.2. Commuting time and space derivatives - A.3. Differentiablity conditions - A.4. Time derivative commute with curl - A.5. Constant of time deriative and space derivatives zero - A.6. Equal up to a constant of time and space derivatives equal - B. Derivatives of distributions on Time × Space d - B.1. Time derivatives - B.1.1. Composition with a CLM - B.2. Space derivatives - B.2.1. Space derivatives commute - B.2.2. Composition with a CLM - B.3. Time and space derivatives commute - B.4. The spatial gradient - B.5. The spatial divergence - B.6. The spatial curl

iv. References

A. Derivatives involving time and space

A.1. Space and time derivatives in terms of curried functions

A.2. Commuting time and space derivatives

A.3. Differentiablity conditions

A.4. Time derivative commute with curl

A.5. Constant of time deriative and space derivatives zero

A.6. Equal up to a constant of time and space derivatives equal

B. Derivatives of distributions on Time × Space d

B.1. Time derivatives

#### B.1.1. Composition with a CLM

B.2. Space derivatives

#### B.2.1. Space derivatives commute

#### B.2.2. Composition with a CLM

B.3. Time and space derivatives commute

B.4. The spatial gradient

B.5. The spatial divergence

B.6. The spatial curl

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theorem

Spatial derivative of ff equals the derivative of uncurried ff in direction (0,dx)(0, dx)

Let MM be a normed space over R\mathbb{R}. Let f:Time→Space d→Mf: \text{Time} \to \text{Space } d \to M be a function, and let f~:Time×Space d→M\tilde{f}: \text{Time} \times \text{Space } d \to M denote its uncurried version, defined by f~(t,x)=f(t)(x)\tilde{f}(t, x) = f(t)(x). If f~\tilde{f} is differentiable, then for any fixed time t∈Timet \in \text{Time} and spatial point x∈Space dx \in \text{Space } d, the Fréchet derivative of the partial map x′↦f(t)(x′)x' \mapsto f(t)(x') at xx in the direction dxdx is equal to the Fréchet derivative of f~\tilde{f} at (t,x)(t, x) evaluated on the vector (0,dx)(0, dx).

theorem

Time Fréchet derivative equals uncurried Fréchet derivative in direction (dt,0)(dt, 0)

Let MM be a normed space over R\mathbb{R} and let f:Time→Space d→Mf: \text{Time} \to \text{Space } d \to M be a function. If the uncurried function f~:Time×Space d→M\tilde{f}: \text{Time} \times \text{Space } d \to M, defined by f~(t,x)=f(t)(x)\tilde{f}(t, x) = f(t)(x), is differentiable, then for any t,dt∈Timet, dt \in \text{Time} and x∈Space dx \in \text{Space } d, the Fréchet derivative of the map t′↦f(t′,x)t' \mapsto f(t', x) at tt in the direction dtdt is equal to the Fréchet derivative of f~\tilde{f} at (t,x)(t, x) in the direction (dt,0)(dt, 0). Mathematically, this is expressed as: D(t′↦f(t′,x))(t)(dt)=Df~(t,x)(dt,0) D(t' \mapsto f(t', x))(t)(dt) = D\tilde{f}(t, x)(dt, 0) where DD denotes the Fréchet derivative operator.

theorem

Temporal and Spatial Fréchet Derivatives Commute

Let MM be a normed space over R\mathbb{R}. Let f:Time→Space d→Mf: \text{Time} \to \text{Space } d \to M be a function, and let f~:Time×Space d→M\tilde{f}: \text{Time} \times \text{Space } d \to M be its uncurried version, defined by f~(t,x)=f(t)(x)\tilde{f}(t, x) = f(t)(x). If f~\tilde{f} is twice continuously differentiable (C2C^2), then for any t,dt∈Timet, dt \in \text{Time} and x,dx∈Space dx, dx \in \text{Space } d, the mixed Fréchet derivatives with respect to time and space commute: Dt(t′↦Dx(x′↦f(t′,x′))(x)(dx))(t)(dt)=Dx(x′↦Dt(t′↦f(t′,x′))(t)(dt))(x)(dx) D_t (t' \mapsto D_x (x' \mapsto f(t', x'))(x)(dx))(t)(dt) = D_x (x' \mapsto D_t (t' \mapsto f(t', x'))(t)(dt))(x)(dx) where DtD_t and DxD_x denote the Fréchet derivatives with respect to the temporal and spatial variables respectively.

theorem

Temporal and Spatial Coordinate Derivatives Commute

Let MM be a normed space over R\mathbb{R}. Let f:Time×Space d→Mf: \text{Time} \times \text{Space } d \to M be a function. If ff is twice continuously differentiable (C2C^2), then for any time t∈Timet \in \text{Time}, spatial point x∈Space dx \in \text{Space } d, and spatial coordinate index ii, the temporal derivative and the ii-th spatial derivative commute: ∂∂t(∂f∂xi)(t,x)=∂∂xi(∂f∂t)(t,x) \frac{\partial}{\partial t} \left( \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} \right)(t, x) = \frac{\partial}{\partial x_i} \left( \frac{\partial f}{\partial t} \right)(t, x) where ∂∂t\frac{\partial}{\partial t} denotes the derivative with respect to time and ∂∂xi\frac{\partial}{\partial x_i} denotes the derivative along the ii-th spatial coordinate.

theorem

Differentiability of spatial derivatives with respect to time

Let MM be a normed space over R\mathbb{R} and let f:Time×Space d→Mf : \text{Time} \times \text{Space } d \to M be a function. If ff is twice continuously differentiable (C2C^2), then for any fixed spatial point x∈Space dx \in \text{Space } d and coordinate index ii, the function t↦∂f∂xi(t,x)t \mapsto \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i}(t, x) is differentiable with respect to time.

theorem

The temporal derivative of a C2C^2 function is spatially differentiable

Let MM be a normed space over R\mathbb{R} and let f:Time→Space d→Mf: \text{Time} \to \text{Space } d \to M be a function. Suppose that the uncurried function f~:Time×Space d→M\tilde{f}: \text{Time} \times \text{Space } d \to M, defined by f~(t,x)=f(t)(x)\tilde{f}(t, x) = f(t)(x), is twice continuously differentiable (C2C^2). Then for any fixed time t∈Timet \in \text{Time}, the function that maps a spatial point x∈Space dx \in \text{Space } d to the temporal derivative ∂f∂t(t,x)\frac{\partial f}{\partial t}(t, x) is Fréchet differentiable with respect to xx.

theorem

The spatial curl of a C2C^2 function is differentiable with respect to time

Let f:Time×Space→R3f: \text{Time} \times \text{Space} \to \mathbb{R}^3 be a function. If ff is twice continuously differentiable (C2C^2), then for any fixed spatial point x∈Spacex \in \text{Space}, the function t↦(∇×f)(t,x)t \mapsto (\nabla \times f)(t, x) is differentiable with respect to time tt, where ∇×\nabla \times denotes the spatial curl operator.

theorem

Temporal Derivative and Spatial Curl Commute: ∂∂t(∇×f)=∇×∂f∂t\frac{\partial}{\partial t}(\nabla \times f) = \nabla \times \frac{\partial f}{\partial t}

Let f:Time×Space→R3f: \text{Time} \times \text{Space} \to \mathbb{R}^3 be a function that is twice continuously differentiable (C2C^2). Then, for any time t∈Timet \in \text{Time} and spatial point x∈Spacex \in \text{Space}, the partial derivative with respect to time of the spatial curl is equal to the spatial curl of the partial derivative with respect to time: ∂∂t(∇×f)(t,x)=(∇×∂f∂t)(t,x)\frac{\partial}{\partial t} (\nabla \times f)(t, x) = \left( \nabla \times \frac{\partial f}{\partial t} \right)(t, x) where ∇×\nabla \times denotes the spatial curl operator and ∂∂t\frac{\partial}{\partial t} denotes the temporal derivative.

theorem

∂tf=0  ⟹  f(t,x)=g(x)\partial_t f = 0 \implies f(t, x) = g(x)

Let MM be a normed space and f:Time×Spaced→Mf: \text{Time} \times \text{Space}^d \to M be a differentiable function. If for all t∈Timet \in \text{Time} and x∈Spacedx \in \text{Space}^d, the temporal partial derivative vanishes, i.e., ∂tf(t,x)=0\partial_t f(t, x) = 0, then there exists a function g:Spaced→Mg: \text{Space}^d \to M such that f(t,x)=g(x)f(t, x) = g(x) for all tt and xx.

theorem

A function with zero spatial derivatives depends only on time

Let MM be a normed additive commutative group and a normed space over R\mathbb{R}. Let f:Time×Space d→Mf: \text{Time} \times \text{Space } d \to M be a differentiable function. If for all times tt, spatial positions xx, and spatial coordinate indices ii, the spatial derivative of ff with respect to ii is zero (i.e., ∂f∂xi(t,x)=0\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i}(t, x) = 0), then there exists a function g:Time→Mg: \text{Time} \to M such that f(t,x)=g(t)f(t, x) = g(t) for all tt and xx.

theorem

∂tf=0\partial_t f = 0 and ∂xif=0\partial_{x_i} f = 0 implies ff is constant

Let MM be a normed space over R\mathbb{R} and let f:Time×Spaced→Mf: \text{Time} \times \text{Space}^d \to M be a differentiable function. If for all t∈Timet \in \text{Time} and x∈Spacedx \in \text{Space}^d, the temporal partial derivative vanishes, i.e., ∂tf(t,x)=0\partial_t f(t, x) = 0, and for all spatial coordinate indices ii, the spatial partial derivative vanishes, i.e., ∂f∂xi(t,x)=0\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i}(t, x) = 0, then there exists a constant c∈Mc \in M such that f(t,x)=cf(t, x) = c for all tt and xx.

theorem

∂tf=∂tg\partial_t f = \partial_t g and ∂xif=∂xig\partial_{x_i} f = \partial_{x_i} g implies f=g+cf = g + c

Let MM be a normed space over R\mathbb{R} and let f,g:Time×Spaced→Mf, g: \text{Time} \times \text{Space}^d \to M be differentiable functions. If for all t∈Timet \in \text{Time} and x∈Spacedx \in \text{Space}^d, the temporal partial derivatives of ff and gg are equal, i.e., ∂tf(t,x)=∂tg(t,x)\partial_t f(t, x) = \partial_t g(t, x), and for all spatial coordinate indices ii, the spatial partial derivatives are equal, i.e., ∂f∂xi(t,x)=∂g∂xi(t,x)\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i}(t, x) = \frac{\partial g}{\partial x_i}(t, x), then there exists a constant c∈Mc \in M such that f(t,x)=g(t,x)+cf(t, x) = g(t, x) + c for all tt and xx.

definition

Time derivative of a distribution on Time×Spaced\text{Time} \times \text{Space}^d

Let MM be a real normed space. For a distribution f:(Time×Spaced)→d[R]Mf: (\text{Time} \times \text{Space}^d) \to d[\mathbb{R}] M defined on the spacetime domain, the temporal derivative is the R\mathbb{R}-linear operator that maps ff to its partial derivative with respect to time. Formally, this is defined by taking the Fréchet derivative DfDf and evaluating it at the unit vector (1,0)∈Time×Spaced(1, 0) \in \text{Time} \times \text{Space}^d, which corresponds to the temporal direction.

theorem

Evaluation of the temporal derivative of a distribution: (distTimeDeriv f)(ϵ)=Df(ϵ)(1,0)(\text{distTimeDeriv } f)(\epsilon) = Df(\epsilon)(1, 0)

Let MM be a real normed space. For any MM-valued distribution ff on spacetime Time×Spaced\text{Time} \times \text{Space}^d and any test function ϵ\epsilon in the Schwartz space S(Time×Spaced,R)\mathcal{S}(\text{Time} \times \text{Space}^d, \mathbb{R}), the temporal derivative of ff evaluated at ϵ\epsilon is equal to the Fréchet derivative of the distribution DfDf evaluated at ϵ\epsilon in the direction of the temporal unit vector (1,0)∈Time×Spaced(1, 0) \in \text{Time} \times \text{Space}^d. That is, (∂tf)(ϵ)=(Df)(ϵ)(1,0)(\partial_t f)(\epsilon) = (Df)(\epsilon)(1, 0).

theorem

(∂tf)(ϵ)=−f(∂tϵ)(\partial_t f)(\epsilon) = -f(\partial_t \epsilon) for distributions on spacetime

Let MM be a real normed space. For any MM-valued distribution ff on spacetime Time×Spaced\text{Time} \times \text{Space}^d and any test function ϵ∈S(Time×Spaced,R)\epsilon \in \mathcal{S}(\text{Time} \times \text{Space}^d, \mathbb{R}), the temporal derivative of ff evaluated at ϵ\epsilon is equal to the negative of ff applied to the temporal derivative of the test function. That is, (∂tf)(ϵ)=−f(∂tϵ) (\partial_t f)(\epsilon) = -f(\partial_t \epsilon) where ∂t\partial_t denotes the partial derivative with respect to the temporal coordinate.

theorem

f(∂tϵ)=−(∂tf)(ϵ)f(\partial_t \epsilon) = -(\partial_t f)(\epsilon) for distributions on spacetime

Let MM be a real normed space. For any MM-valued distribution ff on spacetime Time×Spaced\text{Time} \times \text{Space}^d and any test function ϵ∈S(Time×Spaced,R)\epsilon \in \mathcal{S}(\text{Time} \times \text{Space}^d, \mathbb{R}), applying the distribution ff to the temporal derivative of the test function ϵ\epsilon is equal to the negative of the temporal derivative of ff applied to ϵ\epsilon. That is, f(∂tϵ)=−(∂tf)(ϵ) f(\partial_t \epsilon) = -(\partial_t f)(\epsilon) where ∂t\partial_t denotes the partial derivative with respect to the temporal coordinate.

theorem

∂t(c∘f)=c∘(∂tf)\partial_t (c \circ f) = c \circ (\partial_t f) for distributions

Let MM and M2M_2 be real normed vector spaces. For any MM-valued distribution ff on spacetime Time×Spaced\text{Time} \times \text{Space}^d and any continuous linear map c:M→M2c: M \to M_2, the temporal derivative of the distribution c∘fc \circ f is equal to the composition of cc with the temporal derivative of ff. That is, ∂t(c∘f)=c∘(∂tf) \partial_t (c \circ f) = c \circ (\partial_t f) where ∂t\partial_t denotes the temporal derivative operator `distTimeDeriv`.

definition

Spatial partial derivative of a distribution ∂f∂xi\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i}

Given an index i∈{0,…,d−1}i \in \{0, \dots, d-1\}, the spatial derivative operator is an R\mathbb{R}-linear map that acts on a distribution f:(Time×Space d)→d[R]Mf: (\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d) \to d[\mathbb{R}] M. It maps ff to its partial derivative with respect to the ii-th spatial coordinate. This is defined by evaluating the distributional Fréchet derivative DfDf at the vector (0,ei)(0, e_i), where eie_i is the ii-th standard basis vector of the spatial domain Space d≅Rd\text{Space } d \cong \mathbb{R}^d.

theorem

Value of the spatial derivative ∂f∂xi\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} of a distribution at a test function ε\varepsilon

Let MM be a real normed vector space and dd be a natural number. For any index i∈{0,…,d−1}i \in \{0, \dots, d-1\}, any distribution ff on Time×Space d\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d valued in MM, and any Schwartz test function ε∈S(Time×Space d,R)\varepsilon \in \mathcal{S}(\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d, \mathbb{R}), the value of the ii-th spatial derivative ∂f∂xi\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} applied to ε\varepsilon is equal to the distributional Fréchet derivative DfDf applied to ε\varepsilon and then evaluated at the vector (0,ei)(0, e_i), where eie_i is the ii-th basis vector of Space d\text{Space } d. That is, (∂f∂xi)(ε)=(Df)(ε)(0,ei). \left( \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} \right)(\varepsilon) = (Df)(\varepsilon)(0, e_i).

theorem

(∂f∂xi)(ε)=−f(∂(0,ei)ε)\left( \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} \right)(\varepsilon) = -f(\partial_{(0, e_i)} \varepsilon)

Let MM be a real normed vector space and dd be a natural number. For any distribution f:(Time×Space d)→d[R]Mf : (\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d) \to d[\mathbb{R}] M, any spatial coordinate index i∈{0,…,d−1}i \in \{0, \dots, d-1\}, and any Schwartz test function ε∈S(Time×Space d,R)\varepsilon \in \mathcal{S}(\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d, \mathbb{R}), the ii-th spatial partial derivative ∂f∂xi\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} evaluated at ε\varepsilon is given by (∂f∂xi)(ε)=−f(∂(0,ei)ε) \left( \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} \right)(\varepsilon) = -f(\partial_{(0, e_i)} \varepsilon) where ∂(0,ei)ε\partial_{(0, e_i)} \varepsilon denotes the directional derivative of the test function ε\varepsilon in the direction of the ii-th basis vector eie_i of the spatial domain Rd\mathbb{R}^d.

theorem

f(∂(0,ei)ε)=−(∂f∂xi)(ε)f(\partial_{(0, e_i)} \varepsilon) = - \left( \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} \right)(\varepsilon)

Let MM be a real normed vector space and dd be a natural number representing the spatial dimension. For any MM-valued distribution ff on spacetime Time×Space d\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d, any spatial coordinate index i∈{0,…,d−1}i \in \{0, \dots, d-1\}, and any Schwartz test function ε∈S(Time×Space d,R)\varepsilon \in \mathcal{S}(\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d, \mathbb{R}), applying the distribution ff to the directional derivative of ε\varepsilon along the ii-th spatial basis vector eie_i is equal to the negative of the ii-th spatial partial derivative of ff evaluated at ε\varepsilon: f(∂(0,ei)ε)=−(∂f∂xi)(ε) f(\partial_{(0, e_i)} \varepsilon) = -\left( \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} \right)(\varepsilon) where ∂(0,ei)ε\partial_{(0, e_i)} \varepsilon denotes the derivative of the test function in the direction of the ii-th spatial coordinate.

theorem

Commutativity of Spatial Partial Derivatives for Distributions (∂∂xi∂f∂xj=∂∂xj∂f∂xi\frac{\partial}{\partial x_i} \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_j} = \frac{\partial}{\partial x_j} \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i})

Let MM be a real normed vector space and dd be a natural number. For any distribution ff on Time×Space d\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d valued in MM and any spatial indices i,j∈{0,…,d−1}i, j \in \{0, \dots, d-1\}, the spatial partial derivatives commute: ∂∂xi(∂f∂xj)=∂∂xj(∂f∂xi) \frac{\partial}{\partial x_i} \left( \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_j} \right) = \frac{\partial}{\partial x_j} \left( \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} \right)

theorem

Spatial Partial Derivative of a Distribution Commutes with Continuous Linear Maps

Let MM and M2M_2 be real normed vector spaces and dd be a natural number representing the spatial dimension. For any spatial index i∈{0,…,d−1}i \in \{0, \dots, d-1\}, any MM-valued distribution ff on the spacetime domain Time×Space d\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d, and any continuous linear map c:M→M2c: M \to M_2, the ii-th spatial partial derivative commutes with the composition by cc: ∂∂xi(c∘f)=c∘(∂f∂xi) \frac{\partial}{\partial x_i} (c \circ f) = c \circ \left( \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} \right) where c∘fc \circ f is the distribution defined by applying the linear map cc to the output of the distribution ff.

theorem

Temporal and Spatial Partial Derivatives of a Distribution Commute

Let MM be a real normed vector space and dd be a natural number. For any distribution ff on the spacetime domain Time×Space d\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d with values in MM and any spatial index i∈{0,…,d−1}i \in \{0, \dots, d-1\}, the temporal derivative and the ii-th spatial partial derivative commute. That is, ∂∂t(∂f∂xi)=∂∂xi(∂f∂t). \frac{\partial}{\partial t} \left( \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} \right) = \frac{\partial}{\partial x_i} \left( \frac{\partial f}{\partial t} \right).

definition

Spatial gradient of a distribution ∇spacef\nabla_{\text{space}} f

The spatial gradient ∇space\nabla_{\text{space}} is an R\mathbb{R}-linear map that transforms a scalar-valued distribution f:(Time×Space d)→d[R]Rf: (\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d) \to d[\mathbb{R}] \mathbb{R} into a vector-valued distribution on the same domain with values in Rd\mathbb{R}^d (represented as `EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin d)`). For a given distribution ff and a test function ε\varepsilon in the Schwartz space S(Time×Space d,R)\mathcal{S}(\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d, \mathbb{R}), the resulting distribution is defined such that its ii-th component is the spatial partial derivative ∂f∂xi\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} evaluated at ε\varepsilon.

theorem

(∇spacef)(ε)i=∂f∂xi(ε)(\nabla_{\text{space}} f)(\varepsilon)_i = \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i}(\varepsilon)

For a scalar-valued distribution f:(Time×Space d)→d[R]Rf: (\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d) \to d[\mathbb{R}] \mathbb{R} and a test function ε\varepsilon in the Schwartz space S(Time×Space d,R)\mathcal{S}(\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d, \mathbb{R}), the evaluation of the spatial gradient ∇spacef\nabla_{\text{space}} f at ε\varepsilon is a vector whose ii-th component is the ii-th spatial partial derivative ∂f∂xi\frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} evaluated at ε\varepsilon. That is, (∇spacef)(ε)i=∂f∂xi(ε) (\nabla_{\text{space}} f)(\varepsilon)_i = \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i}(\varepsilon) where i∈{0,…,d−1}i \in \{0, \dots, d-1\} indices the spatial coordinates.

definition

Spatial divergence of a distribution ∇space⋅f\nabla_{\text{space}} \cdot \mathbf{f}

The spatial divergence ∇space⋅\nabla_{\text{space}} \cdot is an R\mathbb{R}-linear map that transforms a vector-valued distribution f:(Time×Space d)→d[R]Rd\mathbf{f}: (\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d) \to d[\mathbb{R}] \mathbb{R}^d into a scalar-valued distribution on the same domain. For a distribution f\mathbf{f}, its spatial divergence is defined as the sum of the spatial partial derivatives of its components: ∇space⋅f=∑i=0d−1∂fi∂xi\nabla_{\text{space}} \cdot \mathbf{f} = \sum_{i=0}^{d-1} \frac{\partial \mathbf{f}_i}{\partial x_i} where ∂∂xi\frac{\partial}{\partial x_i} denotes the distributional partial derivative with respect to the ii-th spatial coordinate.

theorem

(∇space⋅f)(η)=∑i(∂f∂xi(η))i(\nabla_{\text{space}} \cdot \mathbf{f})(\eta) = \sum_{i} (\frac{\partial \mathbf{f}}{\partial x_i}(\eta))_i

For a vector-valued distribution f:(Time×Space d)→d[R]Rd\mathbf{f}: (\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d) \to d[\mathbb{R}] \mathbb{R}^d and a scalar test function η\eta in the Schwartz space S(Time×Space d,R)\mathcal{S}(\text{Time} \times \text{Space } d, \mathbb{R}), the evaluation of the spatial divergence ∇space⋅f\nabla_{\text{space}} \cdot \mathbf{f} at η\eta is equal to the sum over all spatial coordinates i∈{0,…,d−1}i \in \{0, \dots, d-1\} of the ii-th component of the spatial partial derivative ∂f∂xi\frac{\partial \mathbf{f}}{\partial x_i} evaluated at η\eta. That is, (∇space⋅f)(η)=∑i=0d−1(∂f∂xi(η))i (\nabla_{\text{space}} \cdot \mathbf{f})(\eta) = \sum_{i=0}^{d-1} \left( \frac{\partial \mathbf{f}}{\partial x_i} (\eta) \right)_i where ∂f∂xi\frac{\partial \mathbf{f}}{\partial x_i} denotes the distributional partial derivative of f\mathbf{f} with respect to the ii-th spatial coordinate.

definition

Spatial curl of a distribution ∇space×f\nabla_{\text{space}} \times \mathbf{f}

The spatial curl ∇space×\nabla_{\text{space}} \times is an R\mathbb{R}-linear map that transforms a vector-valued distribution f:(Time×Space 3)→d[R]R3\mathbf{f}: (\text{Time} \times \text{Space } 3) \to d[\mathbb{R}] \mathbb{R}^3 into another vector-valued distribution. For a distribution f\mathbf{f}, its spatial curl is defined component-wise as: (∇space×f)x=∂fz∂y−∂fy∂z(\nabla_{\text{space}} \times \mathbf{f})_x = \frac{\partial \mathbf{f}_z}{\partial y} - \frac{\partial \mathbf{f}_y}{\partial z} (∇space×f)y=∂fx∂z−∂fz∂x(\nabla_{\text{space}} \times \mathbf{f})_y = \frac{\partial \mathbf{f}_x}{\partial z} - \frac{\partial \mathbf{f}_z}{\partial x} (∇space×f)z=∂fy∂x−∂fx∂y(\nabla_{\text{space}} \times \mathbf{f})_z = \frac{\partial \mathbf{f}_y}{\partial x} - \frac{\partial \mathbf{f}_x}{\partial y} where ∂∂x,∂∂y, and ∂∂z\frac{\partial}{\partial x}, \frac{\partial}{\partial y}, \text{ and } \frac{\partial}{\partial z} denote the distributional partial derivatives with respect to the first, second, and third spatial coordinates respectively.