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A polynomial potential evaluates work along every path by endpoints
Example
Let
Every piecewise- path from to satisfies
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The polynomial potential, field, and endpoints in the Example.
The gradient theorem gives for every piecewise- path from to (The gradient theorem: the line integral of a gradient is the endpoint increment).
On a path , the vector line integral is the integral of (Scalar line integrals with respect to arc length and vector-field line integrals).
The power rule gives (For a natural the function is differentiable everywhere with derivative ; for it is the constant , with derivative ; for a natural the function is differentiable at every with derivative ; consequently every polynomial function is differentiable at every real, with the derivative computed term by term), and for a continuous function whose interior derivative admits an integrable extension, Newton-Leibniz integrates that extension to the endpoint increment (Newton–Leibniz needs only continuity on , differentiability on , and a Riemann-integrable extension of the interior derivative).
Verification
Coordinate differentiation gives the displayed gradient, and direct evaluation gives and .
For the affine segment , one has and . Thus [L2] gives the integrand .
Apply [L1] and step 1.1 to any path from to . Its integral is .
Since , [L3] gives , agreeing with step 2.1.
Depends on
- The gradient theorem: the line integral of a gradient is the endpoint increment
- Scalar line integrals with respect to arc length and vector-field line integrals
- For a natural $n \ge 1$ the function $x \mapsto x^{n}$ is differentiable everywhere with derivative $\iota(n)\,x^{\,n-1}$; for $n = 0$ it is the constant $1$, with derivative $0$; for a natural $n \ge 1$ the function $x \mapsto x^{-n}$ is differentiable at every $x \ne 0$ with derivative $-\iota(n)\,x^{-n-1}$; consequently every polynomial function is differentiable at every real, with the derivative computed term by term
- Newton–Leibniz needs only continuity on $[a,b]$, differentiability on $(a,b)$, and a Riemann-integrable extension of the interior derivative
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Sources
- J. Lebl, Basic Analysis II, section 9.3 (standard reference, not scraped)