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In vector calculus, the curl is a vector operator that describes the infinitesimal rotation of a vector field in three-dimensional Euclidean space. At every point in the field, the curl of that point is represented by a vector.

Given a vector field $\mathbf{F}$ , the curl of $\mathbf{F}$ can be written as $\operatorname{curl}\mathbf{F}$ or $\nabla \times \mathbf{F}$ , where $\nabla$ is the gradient and $\times$ is the cross product operation.

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