Notebook giving examples of Line Integrals
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Sec. 6.8 #5 --- example of line integral
Here's the vector F:
ff = 8x ^ 2 y, - x y ^ 2<;
field1 = VectorPlot@ff, 8x, - 1, 5<, 8y, - 1, 3<, VectorScale ® .25D
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The first path for the line integral:
linea = 81, 1< + s 83, 1<
81 + 3 s, 1 + s<
Slope (here constant)
D@linea, sD
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Here's a general and compact way of doing the line integral:
[email protected]@linea, sD . 8x ® linea@@1DD, y ® linea@@2DD<, 8s, 0, 1<D
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This is the path that we have integrated along
Show@field1, Graphics@8Red, Arrow@881, 1<, 84, 2<<D<DD
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Second path (in three segments)
lineb1 = 81, y<;
[email protected]@lineb1, yD . x ® 1, 8y, 1, 0<D
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lineb2 = 8x, 0<;
[email protected]@lineb2, xD . y ® 0, 8x, 1, 4<D
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lineb3 = 84, y<;
[email protected]@lineb3, yD . x ® 4, 8y, 0, 2<D
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Sum leads to a different result than first path:
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Show@field1, Graphics@8Red, Arrow@881, 1<, 81, 0<, 84, 0<, 84, 2<<D<DD
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Evaluate curl F
The format of Curl in
ff3d = 8x ^ 2 y, - x y ^ 2, 0<; Curl@ff3d, 8x, y, z<D
90, 0, - x2 - y2 =
Since it does not vanish, work depends on path.
VectorPlot3D@8x ^ 2 y, - x y ^ 2, 0<, 8x, - 10, 10<,
8y, - 10, 10<, 8z, - 10, 10<, AxesLabel ® 8x, y, z<D
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When you see the vector lines seem to be “swirling” in the same direction, this is a sign of having a nonzero curl.
Sec. 6.10 #6
Do by brute force:
vv = 8Hx ^ 3 - x ^ 2L y, Hy ^ 3 - 2 y ^ 2 + yL x, z ^ 2 - 1<;
Result agrees with evaluation done in lecture notes using divergence theorem and surface integral:
Integrate@Div@vv, 8x, y, z<D, 8x, 0, 1<, 8y, 0, 1<, 8z, 0, 1<D
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VectorPlot3D@vv, 8x, 0, 1<, 8y, 0, 1<, 8z, 0, 1<, AxesLabel ® 8x, y, z<D
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Sec. 6.11 #18
Here's B, which is indeed divergenceless:
bb = 8x ^ 2 - y z + y, x - 2 y z, z ^ 2 - 2 z x + x + y<;
Div@bb, 8x, y, z<D
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VectorPlot3D@bb, 8x, - 10, 10<, 8y, - 10, 10<, 8z, - 10, 10<, AxesLabel ® 8x, y, z<D
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Checking the answer found in lecture notes:
aa = 80, x z ^ 2 - z x ^ 2 + x ^ 2  2 + x y, - x ^ 2  2 + 2 x y z - y ^ 2 z  2 + y ^ 2  2<;
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VectorPlot3D@aa, 8x, - 10, 10<, 8y, - 10, 10<, 8z, - 10, 10<, AxesLabel ® 8x, y, z<D
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Curl@aa, 8x, y, z<D
9x2 + y - y z, x - 2 y z, x + y - 2 x z + z2 =
Remember that to plot this correctly we need to use Evaluate[ ] on the Curl function, otherwise Mathematica will try to take the curl with respect to numerical values.
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VectorPlot3D@Evaluate@Curl@aa, 8x, y, z<DD,
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Curl@aa, 8x, y, z<D - bb
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