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Several people have asked about when one can use Stokes or Gauss theorem. I have discussed this in class
but let me also write it down here.

- When integrating F along a closed curve, one can use Stokes theorem.

- When integrating curl(F) over a surface, one can use Stokes theorem.

- When integrating curl(F) over a surface, one can change to another surface with the same boundary (using
Stokes theorem).

- When integrating F over a surface which is the boundary of a solid, one can use Gauss theorem.

- When integrating F over a surface, and div(F)=0, one can change to another surface with the same boundary
(using Gauss theorem).

Also, another question concerns integrating F over a surface: should one dot with the unit normal vector n, or
parametrize the surface.

- If F.n is a constant c, then \int_S F.dS = \int_S F.n dS = c (area of S).

- If F.n is not a constant, then it is not useful to look at F.n; one should parametrize the surface and use

\int_S F.dS = \int_D F(X(s,t)). N dsdt.

Notice that n = N/|N|, i.e. N = |N| n, where |N| denotes the length of N, so the followings are the same:

\int_S F.dS = \int_S (F.n) dS = \int_D (F(X(s,t)).n) |N| dsdt = \int_D F(X(s,t)).N dsdt.