Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

Department of Mathematics
Mathematics-II (MAL-102)
Assignment 5 on Vector Calculus

1. If →
− →
− then show that
 r= | r |,→
r = xî + y ĵ + z k̂, with
→
−r 1 −
r
→
−
r

n n−2 →
−
(i) grad r = (ii) grad = − 3 (iii) grad r = nr r (iv) div = 0.
r r r r3
00 2 0
2. Prove that ∇2 f (r) = f (r) + f (r).
r
3. Find a unit vector normal to the surface x3 + y 3 + 3xyz = 3 at the point (1, 2, −1).

4. Find the tangent plane to the surface with parametric equations x = u2 , y = v 2 , z = u + 2v

5. Find the directional derivative of the function f = x2 − y 2 + 2z 2 at the point P(1, 2, 3) in the
direction of the line PQ where Q is the point (5, 0, 4). In what direction it will be maximum?
Find also the magnitude of this maximum.
→
−
6. Show that F = (ex cos y + yz)î + (xz − ex sin y)ĵ + (xy + z)k̂ is conservative and find its
scalar potential.
→
− →
− →
−
7. If F = y 2 î + (2xy + e3z )ĵ + 3ye3z k̂, find a function f such that ∇f = F .
→
−
8. Find the work done by F = (y − x2 )î + (z − y 2 )ĵ + (x − z 2 )k̂ over the curve →
−
r (t) =
2 3
tî + t ĵ + t k̂, 0 ≤ t ≤ 1, from (0, 0, 0) to (1, 1, 1).
→
−
9. A fluid’s velocity field is F = xî + z ĵ + y k̂. Find the flow along the helix →
−
r (t) = (cos t)î +
π
(sin t)ĵ + tk̂, 0 ≤ t ≤ 2 .
Z
10. Evaluate y 2 dx + xdy, where (i) C = C1 is the line segment from (-5,-3) to (0,2) and (ii)
C
C = C2 is the arch of the parabola x = 4 − y 2 from (−5, −3) to (0, 2).
→
−
11. A vector field is given by F = sin y î + x(1 + cos y) ĵ. Evaluate the line integral over the
circular path given by x2 + y 2 = a2 , z = 0.
I
12. Verify the Green’s theorem in the plane for (3x2 − 8y 2 )dx + (4y − 6xy)dy, where C is the
√ C
boundary of the region defined by y = x, y = x2 .
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13. Evaluate (3y − esin x )dx + (7x + y 4 + 1)dy, where C is the circle x2 + y 2 = 9.
C

x2 y 2
14. Using vector calculus find the area enclosed by the ellipse + 2 = 1.
a2 b
 →
− →
−
ZZ
15. Evaluate F .n̂dS, where F = z î + xĵ − 3y 2 z k̂ and S is the surface of the cylinder
S
x2 + y 2 = 16 included in the first octant between z = 0 and z = 5.
→
−
16. Find the flux of F = yz î+xĵ −z 2 k̂ outward through the parabolic cylinder y = x2 , 0 ≤ x ≤ 1,
0 ≤ z ≤ 4.
→
−
17. Find the flux of F = z î + y ĵ + xk̂ over the unit sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1.
→
− →
−
ZZ
18. Use Stokes theorem to compute the integral curl F .dS, where F = xz î + yz ĵ + xy k̂ and
S
S is the part of the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 4 that lies inside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 1 and above
the xy plane.
→
− → →
−
Z
19. Use Stoke’s theorem to evaluate F .d−r , if F = xz î + xy ĵ + 3xz k̂ and C is the boundary
C
of the portion of the plane 2x + y + z = 2 in the first octant, traversed counterclockwise as
viewed from above.
→
−
20. Verify the Stoke’s theorem for the vector field F = (2x − y)î − yz 2 ĵ − y 2 z k̂ over the upper
half of the surface of x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1 bounded by its projection on the xy plane.
→
− →
− →−
ZZZ
2
21. If F = (2x − 3z)î − 2xy ĵ − 4xk̂, then evaluate ∇. F dV , where V is bounded by the
V
planes x = 0, y = 0, z = 0 and 2x + 2y + z = 4.
→
−
22. Verify the divergence theorem for F = 4xî − 2y 2 ĵ + z 2 k̂ taken over the region bounded by
the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 4, z = 0, z = 3.
→
−
ZZ
23. Evaluate F .n̂dS, over the entire surface of the region above the xy plane bounded by the
S
→
−
cone z 2 = x2 + y 2 and the plane z = 4, if F = 4xz î + xyz 2 ĵ + 3z k̂.
→
− →
−
ZZ
2
24. Evaluate F .dS, where F = xy î + (y 2 + exz )ĵ + sin xy k̂ and S is the surface of the region
S
E bounded by the parabolic cylinder z = 1 − x2 and the planes z = 0, y = 0, and y + z = 2.