2140 - Notes, Syllabus Section III, lecture 18 (10/11/95)

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Definition of circulation. Some intuitions/examples of circulating currents. (Boas' picture of spinning waterwheels) Reminder of conserved forces (0 circulation)

Curl, example of curl of velocity of rotating particle. Interpretation of curl.

Connection between curl and circulation. Derivation of "micro"-Stokes theorem.

Derivation of Stokes theorem.


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