Green-theorem proof of exactness on a disc

ID: green-theorem-proof-of-exactness-on-a-disc

On a star-shaped planar domain containing zero, let be a smooth closed differential one-form and set . Green theorem on the triangle with vertices gives . Dividing by a displacement and taking its limit proves . Thus every such form is an exact differential form, a degree-one version of the Poincare lemma which uses only the planar integral theorem.

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