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MA 242.003 . Day 55 – April 5, 2013 Section 13.3: The fundamental theorem for line integrals An interesting example Section 13.5: Curl of a vector field. x = cos(t ) y = sin(t ) t = 0 .. Pi. x = cos(t ) y = - sin(t ) t = 0 .. Pi. D open.
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MA 242.003 • Day 55 – April 5, 2013 • Section 13.3: The fundamental theorem for line integrals • An interesting example • Section 13.5: Curl of a vector field
x = cos(t) y = sin(t) t = 0 .. Pi
x = cos(t) y = - sin(t) t = 0 .. Pi
D open Means does not contain its boundary:
D open Means does not contain its boundary:
D simply-connected means that each closed curve in D contains only points in D.
D simply-connected means that each closed curve in D contains only points in D. Simply connected regions “contain no holes”.
D simply-connected means that each closed curve in D contains only points in D. Simply connected regions “contain no holes”.
All of these velocity vector fields are ROTATING. What we find is the following:
All of these velocity vector fields are ROTATING. What we find is the following: Example: F = <x,y,z> is diverging but not rotating curl F = 0
All of these velocity vector fields are ROTATING. What we find is the following: F is irrotational at P. Example: F = <x,y,z> is diverging but not rotating curl F = 0
All of these velocity vector fields are ROTATING. What we find is the following:
All of these velocity vector fields are ROTATING. What we find is the following: Example: F = <-y,x,0> has non-zero curl everywhere! curl F = <0,0,2>
Differential Identity involving curl Recall from the section on partial derivatives: We will need this result in computing the “curl of the gradient of f”