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 October 27th, 2009, 01:09 PM #1 Newbie   Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Vector Field 2 Determine whether the vector field $\LARGE \b{F}(x, y, z)\,=\,3x^2\,\b{i}\,+\,e^{-y}\cos{z}\,\b{j}\,+\,e^{-y}\sin{z}\,\b{k}$ is conservative or not. If this is the case, then derive a corresponding potential function.
 October 27th, 2009, 02:23 PM #2 Senior Member   Joined: May 2008 From: York, UK Posts: 1,300 Thanks: 0 How far have you got? Do you know what a conservative vector field and a potential function are?
 October 27th, 2009, 07:39 PM #3 Newbie   Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Re: Vector Field 2 we just started this today and this was a problem and it usually helps me to see how someone who knows this stuff would work it out....

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