Integrating Vectors

Vector fields can also be integrated. This is easiest in rectangular coordinates, since the rectangular basis vectors are constants, and hence pull through the integral. For instance, if \begin{equation} \FF = F_x \,\xhat + F_y \,\yhat \end{equation} then \begin{equation} \int \FF \,dx = \xhat \int F_x \,dx + \yhat \int F_y \,dx \end{equation}


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