2140 - Notes, Syllabus Section III, lecture 19 (10/13/95)

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More on Stokes theorem. Example of Sasha getting pulled counter-clockwise every time she steps in the Boulder reservoir, and the conclusion about what's happening in the middle (whirlpool, or waterwheeel, or many little propellors...)

Discussion of ambiguity of surface in Stokes theorem- any surface is as good as any other!

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Examples of Stokes theorem - first a simple shearing force, then a more complicated one. Showed how to do the second one in a simple way.


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