Consider the curve C1 consisting of the straight line from (1, 0) to (−1, 0), and the curve C2 consisting of the arc of circle from (1, 0) to (−1, 0), in the counterclockwise direction.
Consider the curve C1 consisting of the straight line from (1, 0) to (−1, 0), and the curve
C2 consisting of the arc of circle from (1, 0) to (−1, 0), in the counterclockwise direction.
- Compute
Z
C1
e
x
dx + x dy, Z
C2
e
x
dx + x dy. - Compute
Z
C1
(1 + y) dx + (x + 2y) dy, Z
C2
(1 + y) dx + (x + 2y) dy. - What do you notice?
