History of Curl

	Revision 5 . . (edit) September 17, 2001 2:40 am by (logged).123.179.xxx [*formatting fix]
	Revision 4 . . September 17, 2001 1:55 am by Josh Grosse
	Revision 3 . . September 17, 2001 1:50 am by AxelBoldt [*determinant link]

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Changed: 21c21

or as the following determinant:

or as the determinant of the following matrix:

Changed: 23,25c23,32

| i j k | | ∂/∂x ∂/∂y ∂/∂z | | Fx Fy Fz |

i j k ∂/∂x ∂/∂y ∂/∂z Fx Fy Fz

Added: 27a35,36

Note that the result of the curl operator is not really a vector, it is a pseudovector?. This means that it takes on opposite values in left-handed and right-handed coordiante systems.