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+## Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Kai Habel
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{div} =} divergence (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{z}, @var{fx}, @var{fy}, @var{fz})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{div} =} divergence (@var{fx}, @var{fy}, @var{fz})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{div} =} divergence (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{fx}, @var{fy})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{div} =} divergence (@var{fx}, @var{fy})
+## Calculate divergence of a vector field given by the arrays @var{fx},
+## @var{fy}, and @var{fz} or @var{fx}, @var{fy} respectively.
+## @tex
+## $$
+## div F(x,y,z) = \partial_x{F} + \partial_y{F} + \partial_z{F}
+## $$
+## @end tex
+## @ifnottex
+##
+## @example
+## @group
+## d d d
+## div F(x,y,z) = -- F(x,y,z) + -- F(x,y,z) + -- F(x,y,z)
+## dx dy dz
+## @end group
+## @end example
+##
+## @end ifnottex
+## The coordinates of the vector field can be given by the arguments @var{x},
+## @var{y}, @var{z} or @var{x}, @var{y} respectively.
+##
+## @seealso{curl, gradient, del2, dot}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: Kai Habel <kai.habel@gmx.de>
+
+function retval = divergence (varargin)
+
+ fidx = 1;
+ if (nargin == 2)
+ sz = size (varargin{fidx});
+ dx = (1:sz(2))(:);
+ dy = (1:sz(1))(:);
+ elseif (nargin == 3)
+ sz = size (varargin{fidx});
+ dx = 1:sz(2);
+ dy = 1:sz(1);
+ dz = 1:sz(3);
+ elseif (nargin == 4)
+ fidx = 3;
+ dx = varargin{1}(1,:);
+ dy = varargin{2}(:,1);
+ elseif (nargin == 6)
+ fidx = 4;
+ dx = varargin{1}(1,:,1)(:);
+ dy = varargin{2}(:,1,1)(:);
+ dz = varargin{3}(1,1,:)(:);
+ else
+ print_usage();
+ endif
+
+ if ((nargin == 4) || (nargin == 2))
+ if (!size_equal (varargin{fidx},varargin{fidx + 1}))
+ error ("divergence: size of X and Y must match");
+ elseif (ndims (varargin{fidx}) != 2)
+ error ("divergence: expected two-dimensional matrices X and Y");
+ elseif ((length (dx) != columns (varargin{fidx})) || (length (dy) != rows (varargin{fidx})))
+ error ("divergence: size of dx and dy must match the respective dimension of X and Y");
+ endif
+
+ retval = gradient(varargin{fidx}, dx, dy);
+ retval += gradient(varargin{fidx + 1}.', dy, dx).';
+
+ elseif ((nargin == 6) || (nargin == 3))
+ if (!size_equal (varargin{fidx},varargin{fidx + 1},varargin{fidx + 2}))
+ error ("divergence: size of X, Y, and Z must match");
+ elseif (ndims (varargin{fidx}) != 3)
+ error ("divergence: expected two-dimensional matrices X, Y, and Z");
+ elseif ((length (dx) != size (varargin{fidx}, 2))
+ || (length (dy) != size (varargin{fidx}, 1))
+ || (length (dz) != size (varargin{fidx}, 3)))
+ error ("divergence: size of dx, dy, and dz must match the respective dimesion of X, Y, and Z");
+ endif
+
+ ## x-direction
+ retval = gradient (varargin{fidx}, dx, dy, dz);
+ ## y-direction
+ retval += shiftdim (gradient (shiftdim (varargin{fidx + 1}, 2), dy), 1);
+ ## z-direction
+ retval += shiftdim (gradient (shiftdim (varargin{fidx + 2}, 1), dz), 2);
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+%!test
+%! [X,Y]=meshgrid(-20:20,-22:22);
+%! div = divergence(X-Y,Y);
+%! assert(all(div(:)==2));
+%! assert(size_equal(X,Y,div));