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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2004 Paper 1 3 ii Solution by
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Orient the three faces outward from the tetrahedron. The two coordinate-plane faces have normals parallel to or , so their flux of the curl is zero. On the inclined face , its upward vector area is , with , . Thus the direct surface integral isThis surface induces the counterclockwise boundary viewed from above, where and . At , . On , take , giving integral . On , take , giving . On , and the integral vanishes. ThereforeBoth sides have been calculated directly, verifying the Stokes theorem with consistent orientations.
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