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Line Integral along a Polygonal Line in 3-D

Description

Calculate the line integral of F.dr along a polygonal line.

Define the coordinates.

VectorCalculusSetCoordinatescartesianx,y,z:

Define the vector field.

VectorCalculusVectorFieldx2,y2,z2

x2e_x+y2e_y+z2e_z

(1)

Specify the vertices of the polygonal line, and then calculate the line integral of the vector field.

VectorCalculusLineInt,LineSegments1,2,3,3,1,3,2,5,4,4,5,0

51

(2)

Commands Used

VectorCalculus[LineInt], VectorCalculus[SetCoordinates], VectorCalculus[VectorField]

See Also

VectorCalculus