Divergence operator is written in the form of a dot product of the gradient operator(∇) and vector.
div F= ∇ • F (vector)
First, you can represent the divergence operator by arranging the individual symbols (nabla, dot, vector) one after the other.
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\[ \mathbf{\nabla} \cdot \mathbf{F} \]
\[ \mathbf{\nabla} \cdot \mathbf{F}=\frac{\partial F_{x}}{\partial x} + \frac{\partial F_{y}}{\partial y} + \frac{\partial F_{z}}{\partial z} \]
\end{document}
Output :
You notice that the output above is bold without the arrow symbol on F. And, this is the best practice with nabla(∇) symbol.
Second, you can represent the divergence operator with the help of physics
package. This is because the \div
command is present in this physics
package. In which if you pass the vector as an argument, the divergence operator will return to you.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{physics}
\begin{document}
\[ \div \]
\[ \div{\vb{F}} \]
\[ \div(\vb{F_{1}+F_{2}}) \]
\[ \div[\vb{F_{x},F_{y},F_{z}}] \]
\end{document}
Output :
In latex, it is best practice for divergence operators to use physics
packages rather than using each symbol individually.