LINE INTEGRAL


Meaning of LINE INTEGRAL in English

also called Contour Integral, in mathematics, integral of a function of several variables, defined on a line or curve C with respect to arc length s: as the maximum segment Dis of C approaches 0. The line integrals are defined analogously. Line integrals are used extensively in the theory of functions of a complex variable.

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