Let be the region containing the curve on the plane, and let be a continuous function defined on so that
Then
Here, The first term of the last equation is a function of the parameter , the integral
does not depend on and it is a line integral of along the curve by . Thinking about the remaining terms in the same way, the next integral can be considered.
This is called bf integral along the curve of the function and expressed by
This is given in the range of complex numbers. We say complex integral.
Exercise4.2
1 Find
along the curve that goes around the unit circle.
2 Integrate the function for along the sides and diagonals of a square with vertices at point
from 0 to .