General Concepts
If is a continuous function on a region in the -plane, then represents the signed areasigned volume
of the region below the graph of lying over the region .
If is a continuous function and is a curve in the -plane, then is called a scalar line integralvector line integral
and represents the total unsigned areasigned areasigned
volume
of the region under lying over the curve .
Which of the following functions is an example of a vector field?
The
temperature at any point in the air around us. The velocity of water at
any point in a river. The air pressure at any point around us.
True/False Questions
Answer each of the following as true or false, and explain your answe. Unless otherwise specified, all functions and all components of vector fields are defined and continuous everywhere.
If is an
oriented curve and is a vector field that, at every point on , makes
an acute angle with the tangent vectors of , then .
True False
If is the unit circle, oriented counterclockwise, and is a vector field with ,
then is a conservative vector field.
True False
If is the unit circle, oriented counterclockwise, and is a vector field with ,
then is perpendicular to the curve at every point on the circle.
True False
If is an oriented curve and is the curve with the opposite orientation, and
is a vector field, then .
True False
If is an oriented curve in the -plane and is the curve with the opposite
orientation, and is an everywhere continuous function, then .
True False
If , and is a closed curve (oriented counterclockwise) which encloses a region
in the -plane, then .
True False