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flux and circulation

the contribution to the outside

must equal sum of contributions inside...

if things cancel inside, will cancel outside.

neighboring points will aid each other?

http://omega.albany.edu:8008/calc3/div-curl-dir/lec5.html

FLUX: going through F dot NORMAL

CIRCULATION: pushing ALONG (F dot TANGENT)

tangent and NORMAL

t: dx/ds (i) + dy/ds (j)

tangent in same direction as path, so x and y's match

normal:

dy/ds (i) - dx/ds (j(

opposite slope: negative inverse. cool.

WHY IS THAT? have a short thing on slope. how the negative inverse.

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form 90 degree angle?

hypotenuses are the SAME. so have.

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if you do the rotation. various ways to see it!

this! so, flip the x and y lengths. AND have to go in the opposite direction (if path going right, tangent going left. if path going up, tangent going down).

so, flip x and y, flip one of the signs.

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not quite tangent... need to invert

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RELATIONSHIP between green's theorem and gauss

flux/area = div

circ/area = curl

div * area = flux (gauss)

curl * area = circulation (green)

http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:NXH6eKiTtCUC:planetmath.org/encyclopedia/ProofOfGreensTheorem.html+proof+of+green%27s+theorem&hl=en&ie=UTF-8