Category:Definitions/Potential Functions

This category contains definitions related to Potential Functions.
Related results can be found in Category:Potential Functions.

Let $V$ be a conservative vector field.

Let $\phi: V \to \R$ be a real-valued function:

whose domain is the position vectors of the points of $V$

whose image is the potential of $V$ at that point.

Then $\phi$ is a potential function of $V$.