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In mathematics, divergence is a differential operator that associates a vector field with a scalar field. In a vector field, each point of the field is associated with a vector; in a scalar field, each point of the field is associated with a scalar.

Given a vector field $\mathbf{F}$ , the divergence of $\mathbf{F}$ can be written as $\operatorname{div} \mathbf{F}$ or $\nabla \cdot \mathbf{F}$ , where $\nabla$ is the gradient and $\cdot$ is the dot product operation.

Divergence is used to formulate Maxwell's equations and the continuity equation.

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