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In this chapter, we return to the theory of integrating functions of a real variable. We will now consider integrals which are not only over intervals but also over continuously differentiable maps of intervals, namely, curves. We will see that this generalization of the integral has important and profound consequences.
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(1999). Line integrals. In: Analysis II. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7478-5_3
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