Some concepts on 1-forms

Calculus Level 3

Let ω 1 \omega_1 and ω 2 \omega_2 be 1-forms taken as

ω 1 = 3 y d x + x d y and ω 2 = y d x + x d y . \omega_1 = 3ydx + xdy \;\;\; \text{and} \;\;\; \omega_2 = -ydx + xdy.

We say that a 1-form is exact when it can be expressed as d f df for some function f : U f R 2 R f: U_f \subseteq \mathbb{R^2} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} . When a 1-form is not exact, one can make it exact by multiplying it by some function μ : U μ R 2 R \mu: U_\mu \subseteq \mathbb{R^2} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} called the integrating factor. If the integrating factors for ω 1 \omega_1 and ω 2 \omega_2 are μ 1 ( x , y ) = x n 1 \mu_1(x, y) = x^{n_1} and μ 2 ( x , y ) = x n 2 , \mu_2(x, y) = x^{n_2}, find

n 1 n 2 . n_1 \cdot n_2.


The answer is -4.

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