My understanding of this topic is that the Laplacian operator can be applied to both scalar fields as well as vector fields. The formula
$$\nabla^2 \equiv \frac{\partial^2 }{\partial x^2}+\frac{\partial^2 }{\partial y^2}+\frac{\partial^2 }{\partial z^2}$$ works for either a scalar or a vector.
1) Is it true that Laplacian can be applied to vectors(which I think is a yes)?
2) If yes,then just as we call the Laplacian of a scalar as "Divergence of a gradient",can we also call Laplacian of a vector field as "Gradient of Divergence"?`
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PS:I did some research online but it rather confuses me as to whether or not Laplacian is applicable to a vector.
As you said the laplacian works for both scalar and vector. That being said -scalar laplacian=div(grad) -vector laplacian=grad(div) -curl(curl) that means that vector laplacian is not really grad(div) but grad(div) minus curl of curl.