Explain what is meant by an exact differential. The three-dimensional vector field F is defined by
F=(exz3+3x2(ey−ez),ey(x3−z3),3z2(ex−ey)−ezx3)
Find the most general function that has F⋅dx as its differential.
Hence show that the line integral
∫P1P2F⋅dx
along any path in R3 between points P1=(0,a,0) and P2=(b,b,b) vanishes for any values of a and b.
The two-dimensional vector field G is defined at all points in R2 except (0,0) by
G=(x2+y2−y,x2+y2x)
(G is not defined at (0,0).) Show that
∮CG⋅dx=2π
for any closed curve C in R2 that goes around (0,0) anticlockwise precisely once without passing through (0,0).