Lecture 28, Monday, 11/3/08: Section 14.1: Vector fields

Topics

Vector fields
Potential function
Conservative vector fields
Finding potential functions

Read

Section 14.1. You can skip the section on flow lines (p. 1120 - 1122).

Homework

Section 14.1: 15, 23, 27, 31, 45. For each of problems 23, 27, 31, a potential exists, hence the field is conservative; the main task in these problems is to find the potential.
Solutions.

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