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Problem 1.58

This document summarizes the solution to Problem 1.58 from Griffiths Electrodynamics 4e, which checks Stokes' theorem for the function v = yẑ over a triangular surface. The left side of Stokes' theorem is evaluated by calculating the curl of v over the surface S. The right side is evaluated by parameterizing the boundary curve and calculating the line integrals around each segment. Both sides are shown to equal a2, verifying Stokes' theorem for this case.

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Problem 1.58

This document summarizes the solution to Problem 1.58 from Griffiths Electrodynamics 4e, which checks Stokes' theorem for the function v = yẑ over a triangular surface. The left side of Stokes' theorem is evaluated by calculating the curl of v over the surface S. The right side is evaluated by parameterizing the boundary curve and calculating the line integrals around each segment. Both sides are shown to equal a2, verifying Stokes' theorem for this case.

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Griffiths Electrodynamics 4e: Problem 1.

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Problem 1.58
Check Stokes’ theorem for the function v = y ẑ, using the triangular surface shown in Fig. 1.51.
[Answer: a2 ]

Solution

Stokes’s theorem relates the integral of a curl over an open surface to a closed loop integral over
that surface’s boundary line. ¨ ˛
(∇ × v) · dS = v · dl
S bdy S

Let S be the positively oriented gray area enclosed by the triangle in Fig. 1.51.

Let f (x, y, z) = 2x + y + 2z and z = g(x, y) = a − x − y/2. Evaluate the left side of Stokes’s
theorem, noting that the direction of the area element is given by the right-hand corkscrew rule.

¨ ¨ x̂ ŷ ẑ

∂ ∂

∂
(∇ × v) · dS = ∂x ∂y ∂z · (n̂ dS)


S S 0 0 y
¨       
∂ ∂ ∂ ∂ ∂ ∂ ∇f
= x̂ (y) − (0) − ŷ (y) − (0) + ẑ (0) − (0) · dS
∂y ∂z ∂x ∂z ∂x ∂y |∇f |
S
¨
h2, 1, 2i
= {x̂ [(1) − (0)] − ŷ [(0) − (0)] + ẑ [(0) − (0)]} · √ dS
22 + 12 + 2 2
S

¨
s  2  2
h2, 1, 2i ∂g ∂g
= h1, 0, 0i · √ 1+ + dA
2 + 1 2 + 22
2 ∂x ∂y
A

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Here A is the projection of S onto the xy-plane.

As a result,
¨ ˆ a ˆ 2a−2x
s  2
h2, 1, 2i 2 1
(∇ × v) · dS = h1, 0, 0i · √ 1 + (−1) + − dy dx
0 0 2 + 1 2 + 22
2 2
S
ˆ a ˆ 2a−2x
r
2 9
= √ dy dx
0 0 9 4
ˆ aˆ 2a−2x
= dy dx
0 0
ˆ a
= (2a − 2x) dx
0
a
2

= (2ax − x )
0
2
=a .

Label each of the line segments

and parameterize them.

ha, 0, 0i → h0, 2a, 0i : l1 = ha − t, 2t, 0i, 0≤t≤a

h0, 2a, 0i → h0, 0, ai : l2 = h0, 2a − 2t, ti, 0≤t≤a

h0, 0, ai → ha, 0, 0i : l3 = ht, 0, a − ti, 0≤t≤a

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Evaluate the right side of Stokes’s theorem.


˛ ˆ ˆ ˆ
v · dl = v · dl + v · dl + v · dl
bdy S L1 L2 L3
ˆ a ˆ a ˆ a
= v(l1 (t)) · l01 (t) dt + v(l2 (t)) · l02 (t) dt + v(l3 (t)) · l03 (t) dt
0 0 0
ˆ a ˆ a ˆ a
= h0, 0, 2ti · h−1, 2, 0i dt + h0, 0, 2a − 2ti · h0, −2, 1i dt + h0, 0, 0i · h1, 0, −1i dt
0 0 0
ˆ a ˆ a ˆ a
= (0) dt + (2a − 2t) dt + (0) dt
0 0 0
a
2

= (0) + (2at − t ) + (0)
0

= a2

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