National Polytechnic School

Second year of preparatory class

2024-2025
Mathematical analysis 3
Tutorial serie n ◦ 02– Vector analysis

Part 1 : Fields and differential operator

Exercise 1
Let F~ be a vector field given by
F~ (x, y, z) = 4x3~ı + 3y 2~ + 3z ~k
1. Calculate the divergence and the curl of F~ .
2. Is F~ a conservative field ? If so, find a potential function f for F~ .
Exercise 2
We consider the vector field F~ given as follows
F~ (x, y, z) = z 2 sin y ~ı + xz 2 cos y ~ + 2xz sin y ~k
1. Verify that the field F~ is conservative.
2. Determine a potential for F~ .

Exercise 3
We consider the vector F~ (P, Q) given by
F~ (x, y) = exy (2xy + y 2 + 2)~ı + exy (2x2 + xy + 1)~
1. Calculate Qx and Py .
2. What can be concluded ?
3. Determine a potential for F~ .

Exercise 4
Let F~ = (1 − x2 )~ı + h(y)~ + (2x − y)z~k be an incompressible vector field, where h is a
function of class C 1 (R) such that h(0) = 0.
1. Determine the function h.
~
2. Find the vector field G(x, y, z) = (P, Q, 0) such that F~ = curl G
~ where P (x, y, 0) =
Q(x, y, 0) = 0.

Exercise 5
Let f be a function of class C 2 (R).
Give the expression for the Laplacian of f in polar coordinates.

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Part 2 : Line integrals

Exercise 6
Evaluate the line integrals, where C is given curve :


1. x(1 + y)dl , C is a parabola y = x2 from (0, 0) to (1, 1).

C
2. xydl , C : x = t2 , y = 2t, 0 ≤ t ≤ 1.

C
3. xydx , the same previous parametrization.

C
4. xy 4 dl , C is the right half of the circle x2 + y 2 = 4.

C
5. x2 dx + ydy , C is a parabola y = x2 , −1 ≤ x ≤ 1

C
6. x2 dx + ydy + xydz , C is the helix x = cos t, y = sin t, z = t, 0 ≤ t ≤ π.
C
x2 y 2
7. C (x + y)dx − (x − y)dy, C is the ellipse of equation 2 + 2 = 1, positively oriented
a b
curve.


8. xyzdl, C is the helix x = a cos t, y = a sin t, z = bt, 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π.

C
9. C x2 dx + y 2 dy , C consists of the arc of the circle x2 + y 2 = 4 from (2, 0) to (0, 2)
followed by the line segment from (0, 2) to (4, 3).

Exercise 7
Use Green’s Theorem to evaluate the line integral along the given positively oriented
curve :
1. C y 3 dx + x3 dy, C is the circle of equation x2 + y 2 = 4.
2. C y 4 dx + 2xy 3 dy, C is the elipse of equation x2 + 2y 2 = 2
2
3. C e−x +y2
(cos(2xy)dx + sin(2xy))dy, C is the circle of equation x2 + y 2 = R2 , R > 1.
√
x)
4. C (y + e dx + (2x + cos y 2 )dy, C is the boundary of the region enclosed by the
parabolas y = x2 and x = y 2 .

Exercise 8
We consider the circle C1 of equation x2 + y 2 = by, b > 0, as well as the closed contour
C2 ,positively oriented and composed of the arc y = sin x and the segment of the x-axis
where 0 ≤ x ≤ π.
p
1. Calculate the line integral I1 = C1 x2 + y 2 dl using two different polar coordinate
systems.
2. Determine the value of the line integral using two different methods I2 = C2 (x +
y)dx + (y − 1)dy.

Exercise 9
We consider the force field F = 3x2 y 2~ı + (2x3 y − 1)~ı, acting on a particle moving from
point (0, 0) to point (1, 4) along paths C1 : y = 4x, C2 : y = 4x2 and C3 : y = 4x3 .

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 1. Calculate the work done along each path.
2. What can be concluded ?

Part 3 : Surface integrals

Exercise 10
1. Calculate the following surface integrals : p
a) S (x2 + y 2 )dS where S is the external surface : x2 + y 2 ≤ z ≤ 1.
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b) S (xy + xz + yz)dS where S is the part of the conical surface z = x2 + y 2 located
inside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 2ax, a > 0.
2. Calculate the surface area of :
a) the part of the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = a2 located inside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = ay
a > 0. p
b) the part of the conical surface z = x2 + y 2 located inside the cylinder x2 +y 2 = 2y.

Exercise 11
Find the surface integral of F over S :
~
p
1. F = (y − z)~ı + (z − x)~ + (x − y)k where S is the cone z = x2 + y 2 , 0 ≤ z ≤ h
and n is the unit normal negatively oriented.
2. F = 2x~ı + 2y~ + 2z~k where S is the cylinder of radius 3 given by x2 + y 2 = 9,
0 ≤ z ≤ 5 and n is the unit normal positively oriented.
3. F = x~ı − z~ + y~k where S is the part of the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 4 in the first
octant, with orientation toward the origin.

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Let us consider the three surfaces defined by the equations z = x2 + y 2 , x2 + y 2 = R4
and x2 + y 2 + z 2 = R2 , z > 0. Let the surfaces S1 be the conical portion outside the
cylinder and inside the sphere, S2 the cylindrical surface between the cone and the sphere,
and S3 the spherical portion outside the cone.
1. Calculate the surface area of S2 and S3 .
2. Let F be a vector field given by F = y~ı + 2x~ + z 2~k.
(a) Find the flux of F over the surface S1 where n is the unit normal negatively
oriented.
(b) Rederive this result using Ostrogradsky’s formula.
3. Let S1+ be the part of S1 where y > 0.
(a) Determine the circulation of the field F along the contour C = ∂S1+ , i.e., I =
C F · dL.
(b) Rederive this result using Stokes’ Theorem.

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