Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 17 - Line and Surface Integrals - 17.3 Conservative Vector Fields - Exercises - Page 945: 1

Answer

$\mathop \smallint \limits_{\cal C} {\bf{F}}\cdot{\rm{d}}{\bf{r}} = 0$

Work Step by Step

We have $f\left( {x,y,z} \right) = xy\sin \left( {yz} \right)$. Since ${\bf{F}} = \nabla f$, by definition ${\bf{F}}$ is conservative. Thus, by Theorem 1, the line integral over any path from $\left( {0,0,0} \right)$ to $\left( {1,1,\pi } \right)$ has the value $\mathop \smallint \limits_{\cal C} {\bf{F}}\cdot{\rm{d}}{\bf{r}} = f\left( {1,1,\pi } \right) - f\left( {0,0,0} \right) = 0 - 0 = 0$
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