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A Curve Is Called Closed If Its Terminal Point Coincides With Its Initial Point, That Is

The document discusses the independence of path for line integrals. It states that if the line integral of a vector field F along any closed path C in a domain D is independent of path, then the line integral along any path from point A to B must also be independent of path. This is shown by considering a closed path C that is composed of a path C1 from A to B followed by the reverse path -C2 from B to A, which results in the line integral equaling zero.

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A Curve Is Called Closed If Its Terminal Point Coincides With Its Initial Point, That Is

The document discusses the independence of path for line integrals. It states that if the line integral of a vector field F along any closed path C in a domain D is independent of path, then the line integral along any path from point A to B must also be independent of path. This is shown by considering a closed path C that is composed of a path C1 from A to B followed by the reverse path -C2 from B to A, which results in the line integral equaling zero.

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CLOSED CURVE

A curve is called closed if its terminal


point coincides with its initial point,
that is,
r(b) = r(a)

INDEPENDENCE OF PATH

Suppose:

F dr is independent of path in D.

C is any closed path in D

INDEPENDENCE OF PATH

Then, we can choose any two points A


and B on C and regard C as:
Being composed of the path C1 from A to B
followed by the path C2 from B to A.

INDEPENDENCE OF PATH

Then,

F dr F dr F dr
C1

C2

F dr
C1

C2

F dr 0

This is because C1 and C2 have the same


initial and terminal points.

INDEPENDENCE OF PATH

Conversely, if it is true that

F dr 0

whenever C is a closed path in D, then


we demonstrate independence of path
as follows.

INDEPENDENCE OF PATH

Take any two paths C1 and C2 from A to B


in D and define C to be the curve consisting

of C1 followed by C2.

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