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Additional exercises 5 ​

Exercise ​

Consider the parametric surface

r(u,v)=(2ucos⁡v,3usin⁡v,u2).
  1. Write the equation for x,y,z which describes this surface.
  2. Find the fundamental vector product of r.

Exercise ​

Consider the parametric surface

r(u,v)=((2+cos⁡u)sin⁡v,(2+cos⁡u)cos⁡v,sin⁡u).
  1. Write the equation for x,y,z which describes this surface.
  2. Find the fundamental vector product of r.

Exercise ​

Let S be the bounded portion of the paraboloid x2+y2=8z which is cut off by the plane z=4. Sketch S and choose a parametric representation of this surface. Hint: a possible parametric representation is r(u,v)=(ucos⁡v,usin⁡v,u2/2), (u,v)∈T for a suitable choice of T⊂R2.

Use this to compute the area of S.

Exercise ​

Let S denote the plane surface whose boundary is the triangle with vertices at (1,0,0), (0,1,0) and (0,0,1). Consider the vector field f(x,y,z)=14(xyz).

Compute the surface integral ∬Sf⋅n dS, where n denotes the unit normal to S which has positive z-component.

Exercise ​

Consider the vector field

f(x,y,z)=(x2+yzy2+xzz2+xy).

Calculate the curl and divergence of f and find

(∇×f)(1,2,3) and (∇⋅f)(1,2,3).

Exercise ​

Consider the vector field

f(x,y,z)=(z+sin⁡y−z+xcos⁡y0).

Calculate (∇×f)(7,π2,3) and (∇⋅f)(7,π2,3).

Exercise ​

Let

f(x,y,z):=(yzx)

be a vector field. Let S be the portion of the paraboloid z=1−x2−y2 with z≥0 and let n be the unit normal to S with non-negative z-component. Using Stokes' Theorem (to transform the surface integral to a line integral), evaluate ∬S(∇×f)⋅n dS.

Exercise ​

Let V⊂R3 be the set of (x,y,z) such that x2+y2+z2≤25 and z≥3. This solid is bounded by a closed surface S which is composed of two parts: Let S1 denote the curved top part and let S2 denote the planar part.

Consider the vector field

f(x,y,z):=(xzyz1).
  1. Evaluate the surface integral ∬S2f⋅n dS.
  2. Evaluate the multiple integral ∭V∇⋅f dxdydz.
  3. Evaluate the surface integral ∬S1f⋅n dS.

Exercise ​

Consider the surface S={(x,y,z):x2+y2=z,z≤9}. Find a parametric form for S based on polar coordinates x=rcos⁡θ, y=rsin⁡θ, and find the associated fundamental vector product.

Use this to find the surface integral ∬Sf⋅n dS, where f is the vector field

f(x,y,z)=(y20z)

and n is the unit normal to S which has positive z-component.

Exercise ​

Consider the the sphere S={(x,y,z):x2+y2+z2=1/4} and the vector-field

f(x,y,z)=(2x32y32z3).

Calculate ∬Sf⋅n dS, where n is the outgoing unit normal on S.

Hint: Use Gauss's theorem to rewrite this as a volume integral.

Exercise ​

Let S be the part of the surface z=1−x2−2y2 with z≥0, oriented in the positive z direction. Find

I=∬S∇×f⋅dS,

with f(x,y,z)=(x,y2,zexy).