I know that there's a fundamental theorem for line integrals. That is, suppose $C$ is a smooth curve given by $r(t)$, $a \leq t \leq b$ and suppose $\nabla f$ is continuous on $C$. Then $$\int_{C}\nabla f\cdot dr = f(r(b)) - f(r(a)).$$ Is there something similar for integrals of the form $$\int_{C}f(s)\, ds = \int_{a}^{b}f(x(t), y(t))\sqrt{x'(t)^{2} + y'(t)^{2}}\, dt?$$
Is there a fundamental theorem of calculus for line integrals with respect to arc length?
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0Isn't this just the normal fundamental theorem? Ultimately you're going to get a 1D integral out of that. – 2012-10-04