Re: nabla is vectorial?

From: George Cox (george_coxanti_at_spambtinternet.com.invalid)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:36:22 +0000 (UTC)

marnodoh wrote:
>
> nabla operator can be considered a vector or a scalar (can it be
> represented only with a number, or does it need even direction and
> point of application?).

You may be misleading yourself. Nabla doesn't have a direction. Does
_that_ mean that it isn't a vector? No, because "having a direction" is
not part of the definition of a vector.