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JamesStirlingJr.

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Ring Integrals

Hi,

What are ring integrals?

Ricky

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Registered: 2005-12-04

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Re: Ring Integrals

A contour integral, when you integrate over a path that starts and ends in the same place.  For simple examples, check out "line integrals".

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rzaidan

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Registered: 2009-08-13

Posts: 59

Re: Ring Integrals

Hi JamesStirlingJr.:
This integral  is not called a ring integral , it is a line integral
(in vector analysis) when taken over a closed region ((as a circle, an ellipse,...) and it has some determined value.
With Best Wishes
Riad Zaidan