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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2011 Paper 2 11 a ii Solution by
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The curl of a gradient vanishes because the mixed second partial derivatives of the smooth function agree. Therefore everywhere, andUnlike part (i), this integrand does not involve the problematic auxiliary field.
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