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Homework Statement
My mentor has run me through the derivation of equation (3) bellow. I am unsure how he went from (1) to (3) by incorporating the log term from eq(2). In eq(3) it seems he just canceled the relevant n terms and then identified 1/n as the derivative of L however if this were the case then I am unsure why only one of the two terms on the RHS of eq(3) contains the L term.
How did he get from (1) to (3) using eq(2)?
Homework Equations
1) (∇⋅ωn)/n = (n∇⋅ω + ω⋅∇n)/n
2) L = log(n)
3) ∇⋅ω = ∇⋅ω + ω⋅∇L
where w is a 3 dimensional vector and n is a scalar.
The Attempt at a Solution
I think he may have just identified 1/n = ∇L but then if this were true, where did ∇n go from the second term in eq(1)? Also if this were true the same ∇L term would then be found in the first term wouldn't it?