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دیورژانس
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500px|thumb|upright=1.75|alt= A vector field with diverging vectors, a vector field with converging vectors, and a vector field with parallel vectors that neither diverge nor converge|The divergence of different vector fields. The divergence of vectors from point (x,y) equals the sum of the partial derivative-with-respect-to-x of the x-component and the partial derivative-with-respect-to-y of the y-component at that point: \nabla\!\cdot(\mathbf{V}(x,y)) = \frac{\partial\, {V_x(x,y){\partial{x+\frac{\partial\, {V_y(x,y){\partial{y
Divergence is a mathematical measure that tells you whether vectors in a field are spreading out from a point, converging toward it, or flowing parallel to each other. It's calculated by adding up how much the field changes in each direction, and it matters because it helps physicists and engineers understand how quantities like fluid flow, electric fields, and heat distribution behave in space.
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