Initialize
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Tools≻Load Package: Student Vector Calculus
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Loading Student:-VectorCalculus
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Tools≻Tasks≻Browse: Calculus - Vector≻
Vector Algebra and Settings≻
Display Format for Vectors
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Press the Access Settings button and select
"Display as Column Vector"
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Display Format for Vectors
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Define the vector field F
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Enter the free vector whose components are those of F.
Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
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Context Panel: Student Vector Calculus≻Conversions≻To Vector Field
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Context Panel: Assign to a Name≻F
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Obtain the line integral via the Context Panel
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Write the name F and press the Enter key.
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Context Panel: Student Vector Calculus≻Line Integral
(Complete the dialog as per Figure 9.5.13(a).)
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Context Panel: Evaluate Integral
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Context Panel: Approximate≻10 (digits)
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Figure 9.5.13(a) Line Integral Domain dialog
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In the "Line Integral Domain" dialog, select "Circle" and enter coordinates of the center and the radius. Select "Arc Range" and provide the start and end values of . At the bottom of the dialog, select "integral" as the return option. (The alternative is "value".)
It is also possible to obtain a solution from first principles.
Define the path parametrically, as a position vector
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Context Panel: Assign Name
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Obtain T, a unit tangent vector along the path
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Write the name R.
Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
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Context Panel: Student Vector Calculus≻Frenet Formalism≻Tangent Vector≻
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Context Panel: Student Vector Calculus≻Normalize≻Euclidean
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Context Panel: Assign to a Name≻T
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Obtain
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Calculus palette: Differentiation operator
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Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
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Context Panel: Assign to a Name≻rho
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Obtain the integrand
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Common Symbols palette: Dot product operator
Press the Enter key.
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Context Panel: Constructions≻Definite Integral≻
(Complete dialog as per figure at the right.)
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Context Panel: Evaluate Integral
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Context Panel: Approximate≻10 (digits)
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