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- The document provides examples and solutions to homework problems involving Stokes' theorem. - Stokes' theorem relates the circulation of a vector field around a closed curve to the flux of the curl of the field through any surface bounded by that curve. - The problems calculate line integrals and flux integrals, and apply Stokes' theorem to relate the two types of integrals.

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Homework Problems: RR RR RR R

- The document provides examples and solutions to homework problems involving Stokes' theorem. - Stokes' theorem relates the circulation of a vector field around a closed curve to the flux of the curl of the field through any surface bounded by that curve. - The problems calculate line integrals and flux integrals, and apply Stokes' theorem to relate the two types of integrals.

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8/11/2004 STOKES THEOREM

Maths21a

This is part 2 (of 3) of the weekly homework. It is due Monday August 16 at the review.
SUMMARY.
curl(P, Q, R) = (Ry Qz , Pz Rx , Qx Py ) the curl of F = (P, Q, R).
The curl of a gradient field vanishes: curl(f ) = (0, 0, 0).
D : (u, v) 7 r(u, v) = (x(u, v), y(u, v), z(u, v)) surface S = r(D).

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F dS =

RR

F (r(u, v)) (ru rv ) dA flux integral.


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curl(F ) dS = C F dr Stokes theorem, C: boundary of S, oriented so that surface is to your left if your head points in the normal direction.
S

Homework Problems
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1) (4 points) Evaluate the flux integral S (0, 0, yz) dS, where S is the surface with parametric
equation x = uv, y = u + v, z = u v on R : u2 + v 2 1.
Solution:
~ru R=R (v, 1, 1), ~rv = (u, 1, 1) so that ~ru ~rv = (2,
u + v, u + v). The flux integral
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2
2
is
=
v 2 u u3 v 3 + u2 v dudv which
R (0, 0, u v ) (2, u + v, u + v) dudv
R 1 R 2 4 R 2
is best evaluated using polar coordinates: 0 0 r (sin () cos() cos3 () sin3 () +
cos2 () sin()) ddr = 0.
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2) (4 points) Evaluate the flux integral


S curl(F ) dS for F (x, y, z) = (xy, yz, zx), where S is
the part of the paraboloid z = 4 x2 y 2 that lies above the square [1, 0] [0, 1] and has an
upward orientation.
Solution:
curl(F ) = (y, z, x). The parametrization ~r(u, v) = (u, v, 4 u2 v 2 ) gives
r rv =
R R u
(2u, 2v, 1) and curl(F )(r(u, v)) = (v, u2 + v 2 4, u). The flux integral is 01 01 (2uv +
2v(u2 + v 2 4) u) dvdu = 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/2 4 1/2 = 25/6.
3) (4 points) Evaluate the same flux integral as in the previous question but using Stokes theorem.
Hint. The boundary C can be built up using 4 curves:
C1 : ~r(t) = (t, 0, 4 t2 ), ~r 0 (t) = (1, 0, 2t).
C2 : ~r(t) = (1, t, 3 t2 ), ~r 0 (t) = (0, 1, 2t).
C3 : ~r(t) = (t, 1, 4 t2 1), ~r 0 (t) = (1, 0, 2t).
C4 : ~r(t) = (0, t, 4 t2 ), ~r 0 (t) = (0, 1, 2t).
Watch the orientation of each of these curves, when doing each line integral.

Solution:
TheR boundary C consists of the 4 curves given in the hint. The line integrals are:
I : 0R1 (0, 0, 4t t3 ) (1, 0, 2t) dt = 8/3 + 2/5 = 34/15.
II : 0R1 (t, 3t t3 , 3 t2 ) (0, 1, 2t) dt = 1/4 3/2 = 5/4.
III : R 01 (t, 3 t2 , 3t t3 ) (1, 0, 2t) dt = 11/10.
IV : 01 (0, t(4 t2 ), 0) (0, 1, 2t) dt = 7/4
I + II III IV = 34/15 5/4 + 11/10 7/4 = 25/6. (The line integrals III and
IV along C3 , C4 were taken negative because the curves are traced backwards.)
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4) (4 points) Use Stokes theorem to evaluate C F dr, where F (x, y, z) = (x2 y, x3 /3, xy) and C is
the curve of intersection of the hyperbolic paraboloid z = y 2 x2 and the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 1,
oriented counterclockwise as viewed from above.
Solution:
ru r v
=
(2u2 cos(v), 2u2 sin(v), u).
F (r(u, v))
=
3
3
3
(u cos(v) sin(v), u cos (v)/3, u2 cos(v) sin(v)) F (r(u, v)) (ru rv ) = u3 cos(v) sin(v)(3
6u2 cos(v) + 2u2 cos2 (v)) which gives zero when integrated over [0, 2].
5) (4 points)
If S is the surface x6 + y 6 + z 6 = 1 and assume F is a smooth vector field. Show
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that S curl(F ) dS = 0.
Solution:
The flux of curl(F ) through a closed surface is zero by Stokes theorem and the fact that
the surface does not have a boundary.
One can see this also by cutting the surface in two pieces and apply Stokes to both pieces.

Challenge Problems
(Solutions to these problems are not turned in with the homework.)
1) Solve Nashs problem distributed as an in-class-exercice.
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2) Use Stokes theorem to show that C (f g + gf ) dr = 0 for any closed curve C in space and
any two functions f, g.
(Hint: the identity also follows from the fundamental theorem of line integrals).
3) Try to figure out, how Stokes theorem would look like in higher dimensions: in four dimensions,
it is useful in special relativity.


d
components. In 4 dimensions, it has 6
2
components. In d dimensions, a surface element in the i j plane is written as dSij . The flux integral of the curl of F

Start: In dimension d, the curl is a field curl(F )ij = xj Fi xi Fj with


through S is defined as
d

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curl(F ) dS, where the dot product is

i<j

curl(F )ij dSij . If S is given by a map r from a

planar domain D to R , U = u X and V = v X are tangent vectors to that plane and dSij (u, v) = (Ui Vj Uj Vi ) dudv.

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