List of top Engineering Mathematics Questions on Vector Calculus asked in GATE AE

\( \hat{i} \) and \( \hat{j} \) denote unit vectors in the \( x \) and \( y \) directions, respectively. The outward flux of the two-dimensional vector field \( \vec{v} = x \hat{i} + y \hat{j} \) over the unit circle centered at the origin is ___________ (rounded off to two decimal places).

\( \hat{i} \) and \( \hat{j} \) denote unit vectors in the \( x \) and \( y \) directions, respectively. The outward flux of the two-dimensional vector field \( \vec{v} = x \hat{i} + y \hat{j} \) over the unit circle centered at the origin is ___________ (rounded off to two decimal places).

\( \hat{i} \) and \( \hat{j} \) denote unit vectors in the \( x \) and \( y \) directions, respectively. The outward flux of the two-dimensional vector field \( \vec{v} = x \hat{i} + y \hat{j} \) over the unit circle centered at the origin is \_\_\_\_\_\_ (rounded off to two decimal places).
\( \hat{i} \) and \( \hat{j} \) denote unit vectors in the \( x \) and \( y \) directions, respectively. The outward flux of the two-dimensional vector field \( \vec{v} = x \hat{i} + y \hat{j} \) over the unit circle centered at the origin is \_\_\_\_\_\_ (rounded off to two decimal places).
\( \hat{i} \) and \( \hat{j} \) denote unit vectors in the \( x \) and \( y \) directions, respectively. The outward flux of the two-dimensional vector field \( \vec{v} = x \hat{i} + y \hat{j} \) over the unit circle centered at the origin is \_\_\_\_\_\_ (rounded off to two decimal places).

A constant force \(\vec{F} = (4\hat{i} + \hat{j} - 3\hat{k}) \, \text{N} \) moves a particle from \( A: (1, 2, 3) \, \text{m}  \text{to}  B: (5, 4, 1) \, \text{m}. \)
Find the work done by the force (in joules). Answer as an integer.
 

Given vectors \[ \vec{A} = 9\hat{i} - 5\hat{j} + 2\hat{k}, \vec{B} = 11\hat{i} + 4\hat{j} + \hat{k}, \vec{C} = -7\hat{i} + 14\hat{j} - 3\hat{k} \] which of the following statements are TRUE?
The direction in which a scalar field \(\phi(x,y,z)\) has the largest rate of change is along:
Let $x$ be a real number and $i=\sqrt{-1}$. Then the real part of $\cos(ix)$ is
The vector field \( \vec{v} = x^3 \hat{i} + y^3 \hat{j} + z^3 \hat{k} \) is a vector field where \( \hat{i}, \hat{j}, \hat{k} \) are the base vectors of a Cartesian coordinate system.
Using the Gauss divergence theorem, the value of the outward flux of the vector field over the surface of a sphere of unit radius centered at the origin is _________ (rounded off to one decimal place).
If $\hat{a}, \hat{b}, \hat{c}$ are three mutually perpendicular unit vectors, then $\hat{a} \cdot (\hat{b} \times \hat{c})$ can take the value(s):
Let \(\hat{i}, \hat{j}, \hat{k}\) be the unit vectors in the x, y, and z directions, respectively. If the vector \(\hat{i} + \hat{j}\) is rotated about positive \(\hat{k}\) by \(135^\circ\), one gets