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VECTOR ANALYSIS.


while is subject to the conditions that



and that the tangential component of in the bounding surface vanishes. In virtue of these conditions we may set



where is an arbitrary infinitesimal scalar function of position, subject only to the condition that it is constant in each of the bounding surfaces. (See No. 67.) By substitution of this value we obtain



or integrating by parts (No. 76)



Since is arbitrary hi the volume-integral, we have throughout the whole space



and since has an arbitrary constant value in each of the bounding surfaces (if the boundary of the space consists of separate parts), we have for each such part



Potentials, Newtonians, Laplacians.


     91. Def.—If is the scalar quantity of something situated at a certain point , the potential of for any point is a scalar function of , defined by the equation



and the Newtonian of for any point is a vector function of defined by the equation



     Again, if is the vector representing the quantity and direction of something situated at the point , the potential and the Laplacian of for any point are vector functions of defined by the equations