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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2021 Prelims Mathematics V resit Question 3 b i Solution by
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Use the outward orientation on the unit hemisphere and counterclockwise boundary orientation on the unit circle. With and , the vector line integral isFor the surface integral, and the outward unit normal vector is , since the radius is one. The cross product isThe integral of is zero by reflection symmetry. Using the same spherical polar coordinates as in ii, with , the other component isHenceverifying the vector-valued Stokes identity directly, component by component. The wedge symbol in the paper denotes the cross product here.
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