Integral of 1-form along any path between two points

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Let $K$ be an oriented curve starting at $a = (pi, -1)$ and ending at $b = (3pi, 1)$.
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I = int_K (e^y+e^-y)cos xdx + (e^y-e^-y)sin xdy
$$
Does the value of the integral depend on the choice of the path between $a$ and $b$? Calculate the value of $I$.




Let $H = (e^y+e^-y)sin x$ then $grad H = [(e^y+e^-y)cos x, (e^y-e^-y)sin x]^T$ so I suppose that the value of integral does not depend on the choice of the path between $a$ and $b$. Is it



But how to calculate the value? I cannot use Green Theorem because it is not the closed path and therefore is not the edge of any area.










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    Let $K$ be an oriented curve starting at $a = (pi, -1)$ and ending at $b = (3pi, 1)$.
    $$
    I = int_K (e^y+e^-y)cos xdx + (e^y-e^-y)sin xdy
    $$
    Does the value of the integral depend on the choice of the path between $a$ and $b$? Calculate the value of $I$.




    Let $H = (e^y+e^-y)sin x$ then $grad H = [(e^y+e^-y)cos x, (e^y-e^-y)sin x]^T$ so I suppose that the value of integral does not depend on the choice of the path between $a$ and $b$. Is it



    But how to calculate the value? I cannot use Green Theorem because it is not the closed path and therefore is not the edge of any area.










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      Let $K$ be an oriented curve starting at $a = (pi, -1)$ and ending at $b = (3pi, 1)$.
      $$
      I = int_K (e^y+e^-y)cos xdx + (e^y-e^-y)sin xdy
      $$
      Does the value of the integral depend on the choice of the path between $a$ and $b$? Calculate the value of $I$.




      Let $H = (e^y+e^-y)sin x$ then $grad H = [(e^y+e^-y)cos x, (e^y-e^-y)sin x]^T$ so I suppose that the value of integral does not depend on the choice of the path between $a$ and $b$. Is it



      But how to calculate the value? I cannot use Green Theorem because it is not the closed path and therefore is not the edge of any area.










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      Let $K$ be an oriented curve starting at $a = (pi, -1)$ and ending at $b = (3pi, 1)$.
      $$
      I = int_K (e^y+e^-y)cos xdx + (e^y-e^-y)sin xdy
      $$
      Does the value of the integral depend on the choice of the path between $a$ and $b$? Calculate the value of $I$.




      Let $H = (e^y+e^-y)sin x$ then $grad H = [(e^y+e^-y)cos x, (e^y-e^-y)sin x]^T$ so I suppose that the value of integral does not depend on the choice of the path between $a$ and $b$. Is it



      But how to calculate the value? I cannot use Green Theorem because it is not the closed path and therefore is not the edge of any area.







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          You are correct that the integral is path-independent, because the 1-form you are integrating is exact (by which I mean, it is the gradient of a function).



          This hugely simplifies the evaluation of the integral, because we can simply use the fundamental theorem of calculus!



          $$ int_a^b ,nabla H cdot mathrmdx = int_a^b ,mathrmdH = H|_b - H|_a ,.$$






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            You are correct that the integral is path-independent, because the 1-form you are integrating is exact (by which I mean, it is the gradient of a function).



            This hugely simplifies the evaluation of the integral, because we can simply use the fundamental theorem of calculus!



            $$ int_a^b ,nabla H cdot mathrmdx = int_a^b ,mathrmdH = H|_b - H|_a ,.$$






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              You are correct that the integral is path-independent, because the 1-form you are integrating is exact (by which I mean, it is the gradient of a function).



              This hugely simplifies the evaluation of the integral, because we can simply use the fundamental theorem of calculus!



              $$ int_a^b ,nabla H cdot mathrmdx = int_a^b ,mathrmdH = H|_b - H|_a ,.$$






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                You are correct that the integral is path-independent, because the 1-form you are integrating is exact (by which I mean, it is the gradient of a function).



                This hugely simplifies the evaluation of the integral, because we can simply use the fundamental theorem of calculus!



                $$ int_a^b ,nabla H cdot mathrmdx = int_a^b ,mathrmdH = H|_b - H|_a ,.$$






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                You are correct that the integral is path-independent, because the 1-form you are integrating is exact (by which I mean, it is the gradient of a function).



                This hugely simplifies the evaluation of the integral, because we can simply use the fundamental theorem of calculus!



                $$ int_a^b ,nabla H cdot mathrmdx = int_a^b ,mathrmdH = H|_b - H|_a ,.$$







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