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Math · Advanced
Vector Calculus
Wind, water currents, gravity and electric forces are vector fields: an arrow at every point in space. Follow flow lines, add up work along paths, discover when a field has a potential, measure how much flows through a net, and probe fields with tiny boxes and paddle wheels to find sources and swirls. It all comes together in Green's theorem and Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism.
8 lessons~40 min0/8 complete
Start courseHelpful background: Multivariable Calculus
1
Fields and Flows
Arrows everywhere.
2
Along a Path
Work and potentials.
3
Sources and Swirls
Flux, divergence and curl.