Suppose S is a region in the xy-plane with a boundary oriented counterclockwise. What is the normal to S? Explain why Stokes’ Theorem becomes the circulation form of Green’s Theorem.

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2021-01-04

Suppose S is a region in the xy-plane with a boundary oriented counterclockwise. What is the normal to S? Explain why Stokes’ Theorem becomes the circulation form of Green’s Theorem.

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SchepperJ

SchepperJ

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Step 1
Consider the surface in xy-plane as z = g(x,y).
Step 2
Obtain the value of zxandzyaszx=gxandzy=gy respectively
Thus, the parametric form becomes zx,zy,1=gx,gy,1
If the vector product of two vectors is obtained, the direction of the vector product is perpendicular to both the vectors.
The components zx,andzy lie on the xy- plane, hence the vector product zx×zy, lie perpendicular to the xy- plane.
Therefore, the normal to the surface is the same as that of xy- plane.
Here, surface is just a plane.
Hence, there is only one normal vector at every point of the plane.
Thus, the normal vector in Stokes’ theorem becomes the unit vector that results in circulation form of Green’s theorem.

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