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Vector calculus: line element dr in cylindrical coordinates

We were taught that in cylindrical coodrinates, the position vector can be expressed as
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And then we can write the line element by differentiating to get
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We can then use this to do a line integral with a vector field along any path. And this seems to be what is done...

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