The Average Divergence
The average divergence in a region is obtained by computing the total
divergence in the region and then dividing by the area of the region. In
formulas, the average divergence in an area D is:

Question #3
- Use Maple to help you complete the
chart you were given by computing the average divergence
in a series of decreasing disks centered about the stable
equilibrium. (A bitmap version of the
chart is also available.)
- What is the limit of the average divergence over disks as the
radius of the disks shrink to zero? What is the meaning of this limit?
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Frederick J. Wicklin <fjw@geom.umn.edu>
Brian Burt<burt@geom.umn.edu>
Document Created: Wed Jan 25 CST
Last modified: Wed Mar 15 13:22:17 1995