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Cartesian coordinates

Curvilinear coordinates

Spherical coordinates

\boldsymbol\nabla\times\mathbf{A} = \displaystyle{1 \over r\sin\theta}\left({\partial \over \partial \theta} \left( A_\phi\sin\theta \right) - {\partial A_\theta \over \partial \phi}\right) \mathbf{\hat r} + \displaystyle{1 \over r}\left({1 \over \sin\theta}{\partial A_r \over \partial \phi} - {\partial \over \partial r} \left( r A_\phi \right) \right) \boldsymbol{\hat \theta} + \displaystyle{1 \over r}\left({\partial \over \partial r} \left( r A_\theta \right) - {\partial A_r \over \partial \theta}\right) \boldsymbol{\hat \phi}\,

Identities

\tfrac{1}{2} \boldsymbol{\nabla} A^2 = \mathbf{A} \times (\boldsymbol{\nabla} \times \mathbf{A}) + (\mathbf{A} \cdot \boldsymbol{\nabla}) \mathbf{A} .
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