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EXAMPLE 3Finding a Line Integral over a Closed Curve

F=F(x,y)=yi+xjx2+y2 is the gradient of f(x,y)=tan1yx, x0, since  f=xtan1yxi+ytan1yxj=yx21+y2x2i+1x1+y2x2j=yi+xjx2+y2

So, F is a conservative vector field on any region R that contains no points on the y-axis (x=0). Then by the corollary CFdr=0

along any closed, piecewise-smooth curve C that does not cross or touch the y-axis.