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Write $\nabla U, \nabla V, \nabla^{2} U$

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$T h e r e q u i r e d v a l u e s a r e g i v e n b e l o w . \nabla U = \frac{\partial U}{\partial u} {\hat{e}}_{u} + \frac{\sqrt{2 v - v^{2}}}{u} \frac{\partial U}{\partial v} {\hat{e}}_{v} \nabla \cdot V = \frac{1}{u} \frac{\partial}{\partial u} (u V_{u}) + \frac{\sqrt{2 v - v^{2}}}{u} \frac{\partial}{\partial v} V_{v} \nabla^{2} U = \frac{1}{u} \frac{\partial}{\partial u} (u \frac{\partial U}{\partial u} + \frac{\partial}{h_{u} h_{v}} \frac{h_{v}}{\partial u} \frac{\partial U}{\partial u}) + \frac{1}{h_{u} h_{v}} \frac{\partial}{\partial v} (\frac{h_{u}}{h_{v}} \frac{\partial U}{\partial v} (\frac{\sqrt{2 v - v^{2}}}{u} \frac{\partial U}{\partial v}))$

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The given values are mentioned below.

Definition of a covariant vector

Components of a covariant vector or cotangent vector (commonly abbreviated as co vector) co-vary as the basis changes.

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The given values are mentioned below.

$x = u (1 - v) y = u \sqrt{2 v - v^{2}}$

The scale factors are given below.

$h_{u} = 1 h_{v} = \frac{u}{\sqrt{2 v - v^{2}}}$

Find the value of $\nabla U$ .

$\nabla U = \frac{1}{h_{u}} \frac{\partial U}{\partial u} {\hat{e}}_{u} + \frac{1}{h_{v}} \frac{\partial U}{\partial v} {\hat{e}}_{v} \nabla U = \frac{\partial U}{\partial u} {\hat{e}}_{u} + \frac{\sqrt{2 v - v^{2}}}{u} \frac{\partial U}{\partial v} {\hat{e}}_{v}$

Find the value of $\nabla . V$

$\nabla . V = \frac{1}{h_{u} h_{v}} \frac{\partial}{\partial u} (h_{v} V_{u}) + \frac{1}{h_{u} h_{v}} \frac{\partial}{\partial V} (h_{u} V_{v}) \nabla . V = \frac{1}{u} \frac{\partial}{\partial u} (u V_{u v}) + \frac{\sqrt{2 v - v^{2}}}{u} \frac{\partial}{\partial v} (V_{v})$

Find the value of $\nabla^{2} U$ .

$\nabla^{2} U = (\frac{1}{u} \frac{\partial}{\partial u} (u \frac{\partial U}{\partial u}) + \frac{\partial}{h_{u} h_{v}} \frac{h_{v}}{\partial u} \frac{\partial U}{\partial u}) + \frac{1}{h_{u} h_{v}} \frac{\partial}{\partial v} (\frac{h_{u}}{h_{v}} \frac{\partial U}{\partial v} (\frac{\sqrt{2 v - v^{2}}}{u} \frac{\partial U}{\partial v}))$

The required values are given below.

$\nabla U = \frac{\partial U}{\partial u} {\hat{e}}_{u} + \frac{\sqrt{2 v - v^{2}}}{u} \frac{\partial U}{\partial v} {\hat{e}}_{v} \nabla \cdot V = \frac{1}{u} \frac{\partial}{\partial u} (u V_{u}) + \frac{\sqrt{2 v - v^{2}}}{u} \frac{\partial}{\partial v} V_{v} \nabla^{2} U = \frac{1}{u} \frac{\partial}{\partial u} (u \frac{\partial U}{\partial u}) + \frac{\partial}{h_{u} h_{v}} \frac{h_{v}}{\partial u} \frac{\partial U}{\partial u} + \frac{1}{h_{u} h_{v}} \frac{\partial}{\partial v} (\frac{h_{u}}{h_{v}} \frac{\partial U}{\partial v} (\frac{\sqrt{2 v - v^{2}}}{u} \frac{\partial U}{\partial v}))$

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Definition of a covariant vector

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