3. By working out the components, show that the Laplacian of the function ƒ (x, y, z) can be written V²f (x, y, z) = V · (Vf (x, y, z)) + dy? I f (x, Y, z) . dx?

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3. By working out the components, show that the Laplacian of the function f (x, y, z)
can be written
V°f (x, y, z) = V · (Vƒ (x, y, 2)) :
dy?
f (x, y, 2) .
dz?
dx?
Transcribed Image Text:3. By working out the components, show that the Laplacian of the function f (x, y, z) can be written V°f (x, y, z) = V · (Vƒ (x, y, 2)) : dy? f (x, y, 2) . dz? dx?
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