Analysis in Many Variables Problems
Analysis in Many Variables Problems
Analysis in Many Variables Problems
85. Integrate curl F, where F = 3ye1 − xze2 + yz 2 e3 , over the portion S of the surface
2z = x2 + y 2 below the plane z = 2, both directly and by using Stokes’ theorem. Take
the area elements of S to point outwards, so that their z components are negative.
2 2
! paraboloid of equation z = x +y intersects the plane z = y in a curve C. Calculate
86. The
C
v · dx for v = 2ze1 + xe2 + ye3 using Stokes’ theorem. Check your answer by
evaluating the line integral directly.
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87. For an open surface S with boundary C, show that 2 S u · dA = C (u × x ) · dx , where
u is a fixed vector.
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88. Verify Stokes’ theorem for the upper hemispherical surface S: z = 1 − x2 − y 2 , z ≥
0, with F equal to the radial vector field, i.e. F(x, y, z) = xe1 + ye2 + ze3 .
89. Let F = yez e1 + xez e2 + xyez e3 . Show that the integral of F around a regular closed
curve C that is the boundary of a surface S is zero.
Verify that each of these agrees with Stokes’ theorem by considering the integral of F
around each bounding contour.
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94. Verify Stokes’ theorem, C F · dx = S ∇ × F · dA, when S is the part of the surface
of the sphere x2 + y 2 + (z − 1)2 = r2 above the plane z = 0, and F(x, y, z) = (z, x, y).
Assume that r > 1 so that the boundary C of S is non-empty.
Suggestion: parametrise S with spherical coordinates centred on the point (0, 0, 1).
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95. State a necessary and sufficient condition for a vector field F to be expressible in the
form F = ∇ φ in some simply-connected region. The scalar field φ is called a scalar
potential, though sometimes the opposite sign is used.
Determine whether the following vector fields are expressible in this form
(i) (a·x ) x , (ii) (a·x ) a , (iii) (a·a ) x , (iv) a×x , (v) a×(a × x ) ,
and find the vector fields, F, for which the corresponding potentials are
1 1 2
(a) 2
(a · x )2 , (b) 2
a ||x ||2 − 12 (a · x )2 .
Here a is a constant non-zero vector, and a2 = ||a||2 .
98. Exam question May 2015 (Section A) Q5 (the exam question was parts (a) and (b) only) :
(a) State the divergence theorem.
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(b) Use it to calculate S U · dA where S is the surface of the cube with faces x = ±1,
y = ±1 and z = ±1 and
U(x, y, z) = ( x y 2 , y x2 , z ) .