ASSIGNMENT OF A VECTOR TO EACH POINT IN A SUBSET OF EUCLIDEAN SPACE
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In vector calculus and physics, a vectorfield is an assignment of a vector to each point in a subset of space. For instance, a vectorfield in the plane can be visualised as a collection of arrows with a given magnitude and direction, each attached to a point in the plane.
In vector calculus, a conservative vectorfield is a vectorfield that is the gradient of some function. A conservative vectorfield has the property that its line integral is path independent; the choice of any path between two points does not change the value of the line integral.
In mathematics, a Killing vectorfield (often called a Killing field), named after Wilhelm Killing, is a vectorfield on a Riemannian manifold (or pseudo-Riemannian manifold) that preserves the metric. Killing fields are the infinitesimal generators of isometries; that is, flows generated by Killing fields are continuous isometries of the manifold.