Let C be the triangle with vertices (-1,1),(1,-1),(0,2) traversed anticlockwise
Find \int _C v dr where v(x,y) = (y,-x)
I parameterised the triangle by splitting it into three lines c_1(t)=(1-t,3t-1), c_2(t)=(-t,2+3t), c_3(t)=(2t-1,-1) all with t in [0,1]. This gives three integrals, and plugging it into the formula in the definition: \int_C F(r)dr = \int_a^b F(r(t)).r'(t) dt
I got the answer as -6.
Firstly is this the right answer? Secondly the negative sign is simply because we traversed anticlockwise?


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