I explained that the aim of the module is to understand and apply
 Stokes' formula using the language of differential p-forms in n variables. 
Stokes hails from just up the road in Sligo so it seems appropriate to devote 
a 24-lecture module to his formula. 
He was born 200 years ago in 1819. 
We'll use the language of differential forms because of its elegance and 
simplicity. In this first lecture I focussed on n=1 variable and p=0 and gave 
the definition of a differential 0-form in one variable. 
Differential forms are defined with respect to some nice oriented region S in
&#8477;<sup>n</sup>. I explained what I mean by such a region for n=1: namely
the union of a collection of disjoint oriented closed intervals. I explained 
what is meant by the (oriented) boundary of such a region and ended with the definition of the integral of a 0-form in 1 variable over the boundary of a 
1-dimensional oriented region in
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