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The purpose of this book is to explain in a rigorous way Stokes’s theorem and to facilitate the student’s use of this theorem in applications. Neither of these aims can be achieved without first agreeing on the notation and necessary background concepts of vector calculus, and therein lies the motivation for our introductory chapter.
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Galbis, A., Maestre, M. (2012). Vectors and Vector Fields. In: Vector Analysis Versus Vector Calculus. Universitext. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2200-6_1
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