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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 69 3 ii Solution by
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Use a consistent number of vertices, with , and set , . Pull back the one-form to . Since and , the side integrand isFor counterclockwise traversal, put and let be the outward normal derivative, while is the Dirichlet boundary data. The outward unit normal is in complex notation. Therefore , andThere is no tangential-derivative term: it cancels in this particular one-form. The Generalized Stokes theorem and now give the polygonal global relationThe same zero identity holds with every side traversed clockwise, but then for outward normals. One must change this sign consistently rather than mix the two orientations.
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