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.
Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
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Context Panel: Student Vector Calculus≻Line Integral
(Complete the dialog as per Figure 9.5.16(a).)
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Context Panel: Evaluate Integral
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Figure 9.5.16(a) Line Integral Domain dialog
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In the "Line Integral Domain" dialog, select "General Curve" and enter the position-vector form of the parametrized curve. At the bottom of the dialog, select "integral" as the return option. The alternatives are "value" or "plot". The graph returned by the "plot" option can be seen in the next section (Maple Solution - Coded).
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: Simplify≻Simplify
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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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