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Which field uses circulation to represent the line integral of a vector field around a closed curve?
Which field uses circulation to represent the line integral of a vector field around a closed curve?
- Physics
- Fluid dynamics
- Electrodynamics
- All of the above (correct)
What is the symbol used to represent circulation?
What is the symbol used to represent circulation?
- $\Sigma$
- $\Phi$
- $\Delta$
- $\Gamma$ (correct)
What is the line integral of a vector field around a closed curve called?
What is the line integral of a vector field around a closed curve called?
- Gradient
- Circulation (correct)
- Stokes' theorem
- Divergence
What does it mean if the circulation of a vector field evaluates to zero for every closed curve?
What does it mean if the circulation of a vector field evaluates to zero for every closed curve?
What does it imply if a vector field can be expressed as the gradient of a scalar function?
What does it imply if a vector field can be expressed as the gradient of a scalar function?