DEFINITION OF THE LINE INTEGRAL

A line integral is as simple integral, but with the difference that instead of integrating over the interval [a, b], is integrated in the curve C.

 area = base * height

then: Base

2 + 2 = 2

2 + 2

height f(xi*,yi*) then:

=1

( , )

DEFINITION OF THE LINE INTEGRAL

if F is defined in a smooth curve C defined by the equation x=x(t) y y=y(t) then the line integral of F along C is:

, = lim

( , )
=1

 if the curve is parameterized so:

+
2

A=

, ())

Line integrals over vector fields