# Physics: vectors

Bold vectors, nabla, and vector calculus.

https://texform.dev/latex/topics/physics-vectors

This topic has 10 commands from the physics package. Commands show whether MathJax, KaTeX, and XeTeX render them. Entries are ordered by how often they appear in corpus formulas.

| Name | Kind | Definition | Packages | MathJax | KaTeX | XeTeX | Frequency |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [\\div](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/div) | command | Used in physics contexts to represent the divergence operator applied to vector fields, with optional delimited arguments | physics | full | full | full | <0.01% |
| [\\vb](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/vb) | command | Used in the physics package as the short form for bold vector notation; the starred form uses the alternate bold-italic vector styling path while keeping the same argument syntax. | physics | full | none | full | 0% |
| [\\curl](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/curl) | command | Used in physics contexts to represent the curl operator applied to vector fields, with optional delimited arguments | physics | full | none | full | — |
| [\\divergence](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/divergence) | command | Used in physics contexts to represent the divergence operator applied to vector fields, with optional delimited arguments | physics | full | none | full | — |
| [\\va](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/va) | command | Shorthand physics-package command for a bold vector with an arrow accent. | physics | full | none | full | — |
| [\\vectorarrow](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/vectorarrow) | command | Used in physics notation to denote a bold vector with an arrow accent. | physics | full | none | full | — |
| [\\vectorbold](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/vectorbold) | command | Used in the physics package to typeset vector symbols in bold notation; the starred form selects the alternate bold-italic vector styling path while taking the same argument shape. | physics | full | none | full | — |
| [\\vectorunit](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/vectorunit) | command | Used in physics notation to denote a bold unit vector with a hat accent. | physics | full | none | full | — |
| [\\vnabla](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/vnabla) | command | Used in the physics package for vector-calculus notation, especially as the vector nabla in gradient, divergence, and curl expressions. | physics | full | none | full | — |
| [\\vu](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/vu) | command | Shorthand physics-package command for a bold unit vector with a hat accent. | physics | full | none | full | — |