A line integral can be defined in three ways: 1) the integral along a parametrically defined space curve, 2) the integral of a scalar field along a path C, or 3) the integral of a vector field along a path C. In general, a line integral takes the form of the integral of a dot product of a and the differential line element dl, or just the integral of a scalar field a along the path dl.
A line integral can be defined in three ways: 1) the integral along a parametrically defined space curve, 2) the integral of a scalar field along a path C, or 3) the integral of a vector field along a path C. In general, a line integral takes the form of the integral of a dot product of a and the differential line element dl, or just the integral of a scalar field a along the path dl.
A line integral can be defined in three ways: 1) the integral along a parametrically defined space curve, 2) the integral of a scalar field along a path C, or 3) the integral of a vector field along a path C. In general, a line integral takes the form of the integral of a dot product of a and the differential line element dl, or just the integral of a scalar field a along the path dl.
a) the integral along a space curve defined parametrically (to my knowledge,
this is the ONLY way to define a space curve- because, naturally, z = f(x,y) would be a surface (in 3D)) b) the integral of a scalar field along a certain path C (also referred to as the path integral) c) the integral of a vector field along a certain path C