(a)
We are to compute the divergence of rr=[x2+y2+z2]1/2x^+y^+zk^. Since
∂x∂[x2+y2+z2]1/2x∂y∂[x2+y2+z2]1/2y∂z∂[x2+y2+z2]1/2z=[x2+y2+z2]1/21−21[x2+y2+z2]3/2x(2x)=[x2+y2+z2]1/21−21[x2+y2+z2]3/2y(2y)=[x2+y2+z2]1/21−21[x2+y2+z2]3/2z(2z)=[x2+y2+z2]3/2y2+z2=[x2+y2+z2]3/2x2+z2=[x2+y2+z2]3/2x2+y2
the specified divergence is
∇(rr)=[x2+y2+z2]3/22x2+2y2+2z2=r32r2=r2
(b)
∇×(yz^+2xz^+exyk^)=det^∂x∂yz^∂y∂2xzk^∂z∂exy=(xexy−2x)^−(yexy−y)^+zk^