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==Mathematical statement== [[File:Divergence theorem.svg|thumb|right|250px|A region {{mvar|V}} bounded by the surface {{mvar|S}} = β{{mvar|V}} with the surface normal {{mvar|n}}]] Suppose {{mvar|V}} is a [[subset]] of <math>\mathbb{R}^n</math> (in the case of {{math|''n'' {{=}} 3, ''V''}} represents a volume in [[three-dimensional space]]) which is [[compact space|compact]] and has a [[piecewise]] [[smooth surface|smooth boundary]] {{mvar|S}} (also indicated with <math>\partial V = S</math>). If {{math|'''F'''}} is a continuously differentiable vector field defined on a [[Neighbourhood (mathematics)|neighborhood]] of {{mvar|V}}, then:<ref name="Wiley">{{cite book | last1 = Wiley | first1 = C. Ray Jr. | title = Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 3rd Ed. | publisher = McGraw-Hill | pages = 372β373 }}</ref><ref name="Kreyszig">{{cite book | last1 = Kreyszig | first1 = Erwin | last2 = Kreyszig | first2 = Herbert | last3 = Norminton | first3 = Edward J. | title = Advanced Engineering Mathematics | publisher = John Wiley and Sons | edition = 10 | date = 2011 | pages = 453β456 | url = https://archive.org/details/AdvancedEngineeringMathematicsKreyszigE.10thEd/page/n477/mode/2up | isbn = 978-0-470-45836-5 }}</ref> :{{oiint | preintegral = <math>\iiint_V\left(\mathbf{\nabla}\cdot\mathbf{F}\right)\,\mathrm{d}V=</math> | intsubscpt = <math>\scriptstyle S</math> | integrand = <math>(\mathbf{F}\cdot\mathbf{\hat{n}})\,\mathrm{d}S .</math> }} The left side is a [[volume integral]] over the volume {{mvar|V}}, and the right side is the [[surface integral]] over the boundary of the volume {{mvar|V}}. The closed, measurable set <math>\partial V</math> is oriented by outward-pointing [[normal (geometry)|normals]], and <math>\mathbf{\hat{n}}</math> is the outward pointing unit normal at almost each point on the boundary <math>\partial V</math>. (<math>\mathrm{d} \mathbf{S}</math> may be used as a shorthand for <math>\mathbf{n} \mathrm{d} S</math>.) In terms of the intuitive description above, the left-hand side of the equation represents the total of the sources in the volume {{mvar|V}}, and the right-hand side represents the total flow across the boundary {{mvar|S}}. {{clear}}
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