What is a Differential Line Element?

Much confusion exists about what exactly a differential line element (typically written as dr or dl) actually is. In this video, we go back to basics (the line integral from calculus) to discover why dr isn't just a small segment in the direction of your integral, but is tied to the underlying coordinate system.
To support the creation of videos like these, get early access, access to a community, behind-the scenes and more, join me on patreon:
/ edmundsj
This is part of my series on introductory electromagnetism, where we explore one of the fundamental forces of nature - how your phone charges and communicates with the rest of the world, why you should be afraid of the sun, and the fundamentals of electric and magnetic forces and fields, voltages,

[@sudipnext]

Very Thankful for such videos ❤️ Thanks Sir