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Divergence and curl: The language of Maxwell's equations, fluid flow, and more

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Visualizing two core operations in calculus. (Small error correction below) Help fund future projects: https://www.patreon.com/3blue1brown An equally valuable form of support is to simply share some of the videos. Special thanks to these supporters: http://3b1b.co/divcurl-thanks My work on this topic at Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/multivariable-calculus/multivariable-derivatives Timestamps 0:00 - Vector fields 2:15 - What is divergence 4:31 - What is curl 5:47 - Maxwell's equations 7:36 - Dynamic systems 10:37 - Explaining the notation 13:28 - No more sponsor messages Correction at 4:55, the narration should say "counterclockwise rotation gives positive curl, clockwise rotation gives negative curl". The diagram is correct, though. For more fun fluid-flow illustrations, which heavily influenced how I animated this video, I think you'll really enjoy this site: https://anvaka.github.io/fieldplay/ Music by Vincent Rubinetti: https://vincerubinetti.bandcamp.com/album/the-music-of-3blue1brown ------------------ 3blue1brown is a channel about animating math, in all senses of the word animate. And you know the drill with YouTube, if you want to stay posted on new videos, subscribe, and click the bell to receive notifications (if you're into that). If you are new to this channel and want to see more, a good place to start is this playlist: http://3b1b.co/recommended Various social media stuffs: Website: https://www.3blue1brown.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/3blue1brown Patreon: https://patreon.com/3blue1brown Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/3blue1brown Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/3blue1brown

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{'title': "Divergence and curl: The language of Maxwell's equations, fluid flow, and more", 'heatmap': [{'end': 562.636, 'start': 544.489, 'weight': 1}], 'summary': "Explores vector fields in physics, static vector fields, incompressible fluid velocity fields, maxwell's equations, and mathematical concepts in population dynamics, providing insights on divergence, curl, and their applications in fluid flow, electric and magnetic fields, and population dynamics in a two-dimensional phase space.", 'chapters': [{'end': 250.244, 'segs': [{'end': 45.052, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 0.686, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 3.367, 'text': 'Today, you and I are going to get into divergence and curl.', 'start': 0.686, 'duration': 2.681}, {'end': 10.068, 'text': "To make sure we're all on the same page, let's begin by talking about vector fields.", 'start': 6.227, 'duration': 3.841}, {'end': 17.369, 'text': 'Essentially, a vector field is what you get if you associate each point in space with a 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'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rB83DpBJQsE/pics/rB83DpBJQsE686.jpg'}, {'end': 104.35, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 81.129, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 92.64, 'text': 'An important idea which regularly goes unsaid is that you can often understand a vector field which represents one physical phenomenon better by imagining what if it represented a different physical phenomenon?', 'start': 81.129, 'duration': 11.511}, {'end': 97.784, 'text': 'What if these vectors describing gravitational force instead defined a fluid flow?', 'start': 93.3, 'duration': 4.484}, {'end': 99.526, 'text': 'What would that flow look like?', 'start': 98.305, 'duration': 1.221}, {'end': 104.35, 'text': 'And what can the properties of that flow tell us about the original gravitational force?', 'start': 100.066, 'duration': 4.284}], 'summary': 'Understanding vector fields by reimagining as different physical phenomena.', 'duration': 23.221, 'max_score': 81.129, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rB83DpBJQsE/pics/rB83DpBJQsE81129.jpg'}, {'end': 184.858, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 161.225, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 171.39, 'text': 'The divergence of a vector field at a particular point of the plane tells you how much this imagined fluid tends to flow out of or into small regions near it.', 'start': 161.225, 'duration': 10.165}, {'end': 179.295, 'text': 'For example, the divergence of our vector field evaluated at all of those points that act like sources will give a positive number.', 'start': 172.21, 'duration': 7.085}, {'end': 184.858, 'text': "And it doesn't just have to be that all of the fluid is flowing away from that point.", 'start': 181.276, 'duration': 3.582}], 'summary': 'Divergence of a vector field indicates fluid flow tendency, with sources resulting in positive divergence.', 'duration': 23.633, 'max_score': 161.225, 'thumbnail': 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magnetic field strength.', 'Drawing vectors to scale can be challenging, often requiring artificial shortening or color coding for clarity.']}, {'end': 250.244, 'start': 46.193, 'title': 'Understanding static vector fields in physics', 'summary': 'Explains the concept of static vector fields in physics, providing insights on how to interpret and understand vector fields, including the idea of divergence and its implications for fluid flow, emphasizing the importance of analogy and visualization in comprehending vector fields.', 'duration': 204.051, 'highlights': ['The divergence of a vector field at a particular point of the plane tells you how much the imagined fluid tends to flow out of or into small regions near it.', 'The chapter emphasizes the importance of analogies in understanding vector fields, suggesting imagining different physical phenomena represented by the same vector field to gain insights.', 'The vector field, when imagined as fluid flow, exhibits non-physical behavior, with points acting as sources or sinks, demonstrating the implications of divergence on fluid behavior.']}], 'duration': 249.558, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rB83DpBJQsE/pics/rB83DpBJQsE686.jpg', 'highlights': ['Vector field associates each point with magnitude and direction', 'Drawing vectors to scale can be challenging', 'Divergence tells how much fluid tends to flow in/out of a point', 'Importance of analogies in understanding vector fields', 'Vector field as fluid flow exhibits non-physical behavior']}, {'end': 468.141, 'segs': [{'end': 273.626, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 251.304, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 259.494, 'text': 'Notice, this means that for an actual physical fluid like water, rather than some imagined one used to illustrate an arbitrary vector field,', 'start': 251.304, 'duration': 8.19}, {'end': 265.601, 'text': 'then if that fluid is incompressible, the velocity vector field must have a divergence of zero everywhere.', 'start': 259.494, 'duration': 6.107}, {'end': 271.108, 'text': "That's an important constraint on what kinds of vector fields could solve real-world fluid flow problems.", 'start': 266.382, 'duration': 4.726}, {'end': 273.626, 'text': 'For the curl.', 'start': 272.765, 'duration': 0.861}], 'summary': 'Incompressible fluid has a velocity vector field with zero divergence, important for solving real-world fluid flow problems.', 'duration': 22.322, 'max_score': 251.304, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rB83DpBJQsE/pics/rB83DpBJQsE251304.jpg'}, {'end': 330.83, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 303.882, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 313.347, 'text': 'A point inside a region like this one, for example, would also have non-zero curl, since the flow is slow at the bottom but quick up top,', 'start': 303.882, 'duration': 9.465}, {'end': 315.528, 'text': 'resulting in a net clockwise influence.', 'start': 313.347, 'duration': 2.181}, {'end': 322.864, 'text': 'And really true, proper curl is a three-dimensional idea,', 'start': 319.181, 'duration': 3.683}, {'end': 330.83, 'text': 'one where you associate each point in 3D space with a new vector characterizing the rotation around that point according to a certain right-hand rule.', 'start': 322.864, 'duration': 7.966}], 'summary': 'Curl measures rotation in 3d space, influencing velocity flow.', 'duration': 26.948, 'max_score': 303.882, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rB83DpBJQsE/pics/rB83DpBJQsE303882.jpg'}, {'end': 395.593, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 369.524, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 377.41, 'text': "is Gauss's law stating that the divergence of an electric field at a given point is proportional to the charge density at that point.", 'start': 369.524, 'duration': 7.886}, {'end': 380.591, 'text': 'Unpacking the intuition for this.', 'start': 378.65, 'duration': 1.941}, {'end': 389.512, 'text': 'you might imagine positively 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in understanding field changes.']}], 'duration': 216.837, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rB83DpBJQsE/pics/rB83DpBJQsE251304.jpg', 'highlights': ["Maxwell's equations relate to divergence and curl, with Gauss's law linking electric field divergence to charge density.", 'In incompressible fluid flow, the velocity vector field must have zero divergence everywhere.', 'Electric and magnetic fields are interpreted as incompressible fluid flows, emphasizing their interdependence.', 'The absence of magnetic monopoles supports the interpretation of magnetic fields as incompressible fluid flows.', 'The concept of curl is explained in the context of fluid flow, defining positive and negative curl.']}, {'end': 927.681, 'segs': [{'end': 600.658, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 544.489, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 550.812, 'text': 'So a given vector here is telling you how, and how quickly, a given pair of population sizes tends to change.', 'start': 544.489, 'duration': 6.323}, {'end': 555.754, 'text': 'Notice, this is a case where the vector field is not about physical space,', 'start': 551.752, 'duration': 4.002}, {'end': 562.636, 'text': "but instead it's a representation of a certain dynamic system that has two variables and how that system evolves over time.", 'start': 555.754, 'duration': 6.882}, {'end': 568.479, 'text': 'This can maybe also give a sense for why mathematicians care about studying the geometry of higher dimensions.', 'start': 563.437, 'duration': 5.042}, {'end': 571.24, 'text': 'What if our system was tracking more than just two or three numbers?', 'start': 568.899, 'duration': 2.341}, {'end': 577.704, 'text': 'Now, the flow associated with this field is called the phase flow for our differential equation,', 'start': 572.1, 'duration': 5.604}, {'end': 583.447, 'text': "and it's a way to conceptualize at a glance how many possible starting states would evolve over time.", 'start': 577.704, 'duration': 5.743}, {'end': 588.73, 'text': 'Operations like divergence and curl can help to inform you about the system.', 'start': 584.308, 'duration': 4.422}, {'end': 595.815, 'text': 'Do the population sizes tend to converge towards a particular pair of numbers, or are there some values that they diverge away from??', 'start': 589.291, 'duration': 6.524}, {'end': 600.658, 'text': 'Are there cyclic patterns and are those cycles stable or unstable??', 'start': 596.575, 'duration': 4.083}], 'summary': 'Studying phase flow in dynamic systems with multiple variables and understanding convergence and divergence.', 'duration': 56.169, 'max_score': 544.489, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rB83DpBJQsE/pics/rB83DpBJQsE544489.jpg'}, {'end': 685.329, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 657.775, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 661.176, 'text': 'Each computation involves a certain sum of certain derivatives,', 'start': 657.775, 'duration': 3.401}, {'end': 668.7, 'text': 'and treating this upside down triangle as if it was a vector of derivative operators can be a helpful way to keep everything straight.', 'start': 661.176, 'duration': 7.524}, {'end': 671.821, 'text': 'But it is actually more than just a mnemonic device.', 'start': 669.62, 'duration': 2.201}, {'end': 677.124, 'text': 'There is a real connection between divergence and the dot product, and between curl and the cross product.', 'start': 671.981, 'duration': 5.143}, {'end': 685.329, 'text': "Even though we won't be doing practice computations here, I would like to give you at least some vague sense for how these four ideas are connected.", 'start': 677.905, 'duration': 7.424}], 'summary': 'Vector derivatives have a real connection to divergence, dot product, and curl, providing a helpful way to understand computations.', 'duration': 27.554, 'max_score': 657.775, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rB83DpBJQsE/pics/rB83DpBJQsE657775.jpg'}, {'end': 753.243, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 722.861, 'weight': 8, 'content': [{'end': 727.825, 'text': 'Now the dot product of your step vector, with that difference vector that it causes,', 'start': 722.861, 'duration': 4.964}, {'end': 732.289, 'text': 'tends to be positive in regions where the divergence is positive and vice versa.', 'start': 727.825, 'duration': 4.464}, {'end': 739.035, 'text': 'In fact, in some sense, the divergence is a sort of average value for this dot product of a step,', 'start': 733.11, 'duration': 5.925}, {'end': 745.601, 'text': 'with a change to the output that it causes over all possible step directions, assuming that things are rescaled appropriately.', 'start': 739.035, 'duration': 6.566}, {'end': 747.181, 'text': 'I mean, think about it.', 'start': 746.341, 'duration': 0.84}, {'end': 753.243, 'text': 'If a step in some direction causes a change to that vector in that same direction.', 'start': 747.581, 'duration': 5.662}], 'summary': 'Dot product of step vector with difference vector indicates positive/negative divergence.', 'duration': 30.382, 'max_score': 722.861, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rB83DpBJQsE/pics/rB83DpBJQsE722861.jpg'}, {'end': 831.351, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 782.903, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 787.506, 'text': 'tends to be positive in regions where the curl is positive and vice versa.', 'start': 782.903, 'duration': 4.603}, {'end': 793.59, 'text': 'You might think of the curl as a sort of average of this step vector difference vector cross product.', 'start': 788.147, 'duration': 5.443}, {'end': 801.896, 'text': 'If a step in some direction corresponds to a change perpendicular to that step, that corresponds to a tendency for flow rotation.', 'start': 794.231, 'duration': 7.665}, {'end': 813.013, 'text': 'So, typically this is the part where there might be some kind of sponsor message.', 'start': 808.869, 'duration': 4.144}, {'end': 821.542, 'text': 'But one thing I want to do with the channel moving ahead is to stop doing sponsored content and instead make things just about the direct relationship with the audience.', 'start': 813.574, 'duration': 7.968}, {'end': 825.807, 'text': 'I mean that not only in the sense of the funding model with direct support through Patreon,', 'start': 822.223, 'duration': 3.584}, {'end': 831.351, 'text': 'But also in the sense that I think these videos can better accomplish their goal if each one of them feels like.', 'start': 826.187, 'duration': 5.164}], 'summary': 'Curl represents flow rotation, aiming to end sponsored content for direct audience relationship.', 'duration': 48.448, 'max_score': 782.903, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rB83DpBJQsE/pics/rB83DpBJQsE782903.jpg'}, {'end': 882.454, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 846.801, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 855.687, 'text': 'I think advertising on the internet occupies a super wide spectrum from truly degenerate clickbait up to genuinely well-aligned win-win-win partnerships.', 'start': 846.801, 'duration': 8.886}, {'end': 861.008, 'text': "Now, I've always taken care only to do promotions for companies that I would genuinely recommend.", 'start': 856.467, 'duration': 4.541}, {'end': 868.17, 'text': "To take one example, you may have noticed that I did a number of promos for Brilliant, and it's really hard to imagine better alignment than that,", 'start': 861.588, 'duration': 6.582}, {'end': 873.852, 'text': "right?. I mean I try to inspire people to be interested in math, but I'm also a firm believer that videos aren't enough,", 'start': 868.17, 'duration': 5.682}, {'end': 878.213, 'text': "that you need to actively solve problems, and here's a platform that provides practice.", 'start': 873.852, 'duration': 4.361}, {'end': 882.454, 'text': "And likewise for any others I've promoted too, I always make sure to feel good alignment.", 'start': 878.713, 'duration': 3.741}], 'summary': 'Internet advertising ranges from clickbait to genuine win-win partnerships. promoted brilliant for math alignment.', 'duration': 35.653, 'max_score': 846.801, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rB83DpBJQsE/pics/rB83DpBJQsE846801.jpg'}], 'start': 468.141, 'title': 'Mathematical concepts in population dynamics', 'summary': 'Discusses visualizing population dynamics in a two-dimensional phase space using vectors, differential equations, and concepts like divergence and curl, highlighting the importance of studying the geometry of higher dimensions. it also explains the notational connection between divergence and curl, emphasizing the real connection between divergence and the dot product, and between curl and the cross product. additionally, it delves into the decision to transition away from sponsored content to focus on a direct relationship with the audience, citing the impact on content quality and alignment of incentives, with a special mention of partnerships like brilliant and the pivot to direct support through patreon.', 'chapters': [{'end': 637.446, 'start': 468.141, 'title': 'Population dynamics visualization', 'summary': 'Discusses visualizing population dynamics in a two-dimensional phase space using vectors, differential equations, and concepts like divergence and curl, highlighting the importance of studying the geometry of higher dimensions and related mathematical tools.', 'duration': 169.305, 'highlights': ['Visualizing population dynamics in a two-dimensional phase space using vectors and differential equations', 'Importance of studying the geometry of higher dimensions and related mathematical tools', 'Concepts of divergence and curl to understand population dynamics']}, {'end': 813.013, 'start': 638.266, 'title': 'Notational connection between divergence and curl', 'summary': 'Discusses the notational connection between divergence and curl, highlighting the real connection between divergence and the dot product, and between curl and the cross product, and the implications of dot and cross products in understanding divergence and curl.', 'duration': 174.747, 'highlights': ['There is a real connection between divergence and the dot product, and between curl and the cross product.', 'The dot product gives a measure of how aligned two vectors are, with positive dot products indicating positive divergence and vice versa.', 'The cross product of the step vector with the difference vector measures the tendency for flow rotation, indicating the relationship between the cross product and the curl.']}, {'end': 927.681, 'start': 813.574, 'title': 'Transitioning away from sponsored content', 'summary': 'Discusses the decision to transition away from sponsored content to focus on a direct relationship with the audience, citing the impact on content quality and alignment of incentives, with a special mention of partnerships like brilliant, and the pivot to direct support through patreon.', 'duration': 114.107, 'highlights': ['The decision to transition away from sponsored content is driven by the desire to focus on a direct relationship with the audience, maximizing the value of the viewing experience, and aligning incentives (e.g., maximizing the value of the experiences given) (relevance: 5)', 'The impact of advertising on internet content is discussed, highlighting the varying spectrum from degenerate clickbait to well-aligned partnerships, with an emphasis on seeking genuinely well-aligned win-win-win partnerships (relevance: 4)', 'The mention of partnerships like Brilliant is made, emphasizing the genuine alignment and value provided by such collaborations, particularly in providing practice for actively solving problems in math (relevance: 3)', 'Acknowledgment of the existing supporters and the pivot to direct support through Patreon is expressed, indicating gratitude for enabling the decision to transition away from sponsored content (relevance: 2)']}], 'duration': 459.54, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/rB83DpBJQsE/pics/rB83DpBJQsE468141.jpg', 'highlights': ['Visualizing population dynamics in a two-dimensional phase space using vectors and differential equations', 'Importance of studying the geometry of higher dimensions and related mathematical tools', 'Concepts of divergence and curl to understand population dynamics', 'There is a real connection between divergence and the dot product, and between curl and the cross product', 'The decision to transition away from sponsored content is driven by the desire to focus on a direct relationship with the audience, maximizing the value of the viewing experience, and aligning incentives', 'The impact of advertising on internet content is discussed, highlighting the varying spectrum from degenerate clickbait to well-aligned partnerships, with an emphasis on seeking genuinely well-aligned win-win-win partnerships', 'The mention of partnerships like Brilliant is made, emphasizing the genuine alignment and value provided by such collaborations, particularly in providing practice for actively solving problems in math', 'Acknowledgment of the existing supporters and the pivot to direct support through Patreon is expressed, indicating gratitude for enabling the decision to transition away from sponsored content', 'The dot product gives a measure of how aligned two vectors are, with positive dot products indicating positive divergence and vice versa', 'The cross product of the step vector with the difference vector measures the tendency for flow rotation, indicating the relationship between the cross product and the curl']}], 'highlights': ["Maxwell's equations relate to divergence and curl, with Gauss's law linking electric field divergence to charge density.", 'Electric and magnetic fields are interpreted as incompressible fluid flows, emphasizing their interdependence.', 'The absence of magnetic monopoles supports the interpretation of magnetic fields as incompressible fluid flows.', 'Visualizing population dynamics in a two-dimensional phase space using vectors and differential equations', 'The dot product gives a measure of how aligned two vectors are, with positive dot products indicating positive divergence and vice versa', 'The cross product of the step vector with the difference vector measures the tendency for flow rotation, indicating the relationship between the cross product and the curl', 'In incompressible fluid flow, the velocity vector field must have zero divergence everywhere.', 'Vector field associates each point with magnitude and direction', 'Concepts of divergence and curl to understand population dynamics', 'Importance of studying the geometry of higher dimensions and related mathematical tools']}