Calculate the circulation, , in two ways,
directly and using Stokes' Theorem. The vector field
and is the triangle with
vertices , , , traversed in
that order.
Calculating directly, we break into three paths. For each, give
a parameterization that traverses the path from start
to end for .
On from to ,
On from to ,
On from to ,
So that, integrating, we have
and so
.
Using Stokes' Theorem, we have
So that the surface integral on , the triangular region on the
plane enclosed by the indicated triangle, is
,
where , ,
, and .
Integrating, we get
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