Higher Dimensions
The formula for integration by parts can be extended to functions of several variables. Instead of an interval one needs to integrate over an n-dimensional set. Also, one replaces the derivative with a partial derivative.
More specifically, suppose Ω is an open bounded subset of with a piecewise smooth boundary Γ. If u and v are two continuously differentiable functions on the closure of Ω, then the formula for integration by parts is
where is the outward unit surface normal to, is its i-th component, and i ranges from 1 to n.
By replacing v in the above formula with vi and summing over i gives the vector formula
where v is a vector-valued function with components v1, ..., vn.
Setting u equal to the constant function 1 in the above formula gives the divergence theorem
For where, one gets
which is the first Green's identity.
The regularity requirements of the theorem can be relaxed. For instance, the boundary Γ need only be Lipschitz continuous. In the first formula above, only is necessary (where H1 is a Sobolev space); the other formulas have similarly relaxed requirements.
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