Line Integrals on CONSERVATIVE Vector Fields (Independence of Path): Calculus 3 Lecture 15.4

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    In the first example, the integral was zero in a conservative field , not because the end points at x and y were the same for the two points but because the functio had the same vales at those two points. A simple one dimentional analogy if the function cos theta, the integral is zreo between o and pi because sine pi and sine zero both have the same values; name zero.

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    this reminded me of exact differential equations

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    • @quentinsylwester635
      @quentinsylwester635 7 років тому

      i was thinking the same thing. I think he's just trying to say there are times when work done can be 0. and if you move in a complete circle work will ALWAYS be 0. I think he stresses this because its important in greens theorem later in the chapter. But ive also learned from physics that if motion is perpendicular to force no work is done either, this may be an example of that. in other words the force field here would be everywhere perpendicular to the curve/line to produce 0 work.

    • @johnhocutt585
      @johnhocutt585 6 років тому

      An example of a situation where no physics work is done is if one were to walk across the top of a hill to a height at the same elevation. As you walk from your starting elevation to the top of the hill, you are doing positive work against the gravitational field. Then, when you walk down the other side of the hill to an elevation that is the same as your starting height, you will experience negative work the same magnitude as the work you did to go to the top of the hill. The sum of the work to the top of the hill plus the work recovered as you walk down the hill will equal zero. Additionally, it won't matter what exact path you take horizontally as long as your starting and ending altitudes are the same.

  • @QQuantum
    @QQuantum 5 років тому

    32:25 why does he say it was a closed line if the initial point was (0,0) and the last one (-1,1). How can it be closed? PLEASE someone help me

  • @jaystephen.0211
    @jaystephen.0211 3 роки тому +1

    I had a question, you mentioned that if the mix partials are equal then the vector field is conservative and there exists a potential function. But I'm confused because in DE when mix partials are not equal, we would make them exact and find the potential function. Can't we do the same here ?