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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2015 Paper 2 13 b Solution by
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On the first straight segment, and only is nonzero, so both integrals vanish. On the second segment, and only is nonzero; each integrand is one, contributing . On the last segment, and only is nonzero; each integrand is , contributing . ThusThe second result also follows from the fundamental theorem for line integrals, using the potential found in (a). Agreement on this one path does not make conservative.
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