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Tutorial Sheet - 13 B Autumn 2023

Advanced Calculus (MA11003)

1. Find the gradient and the unit normal vector to the following surfaces
(a) x2 + y − z = 4 at the point (2, 0, 0).
√
(b) x2 + 2y 2 + 3z 2 = 0 at the point ( 10, 0, 0).
(c) x2 y + 2xz = 4 at the point (2, −2, 3).
2. Find the directional derivatives of the following scalar valued functions
√
(a) f (x, y) = ex cos y at the point (0, π4 ) in the direction of (î + 3ĵ)/ 10.
(b) f (x, y, z) = ex + yz at the point (1, 1, 1) in the direction of î − ĵ + k̂.
(c) f (x, y, z) = 1
x2 +y 2 +z 2
at the point (2, 3, 1) in the direction of î + ĵ − 2k̂.
y
3. Find the directional derivative of the scalar valued function f (x, y) = at the point
+ y2 x2
(0, 1) in the direction of a vector which makes an angle of 30° with the positive x-axis.
4. (a) In what direction from the point (1, 3, 2) the directional derivatives of φ = 2xz − y 2 is
maximum? What is the magnitude of this maximum?
(b) Find the values of the constant a, b and c so that the directional derivative of φ =
axy 2 + byz + cz 2 x3 at the point (1, 2, −1) has maximum of magnitude 64 in the direction of
the z-axis.
5. If r = |~r|, where ~r = xî + y ĵ + z k̂, then prove that
1 ~r
(a) ∇( ) = − 3 .
r r
~r
(b) ∇(log (|~r|)) = .
r2
(c) ∇(rn ) = nrn−2~r.

6. Let F~ = 2xz 2 î + ĵ + xy 3 z k̂ and f = x2 y. Then compute the following


(a) curl(F~ )
(b) F~ × ∇f
(c) f~ · (∇f )

7. For any two vector fields F~ and G


~ show that

(a) ∇ · (∇ × F~ ) = 0
(b) div(F~ × G)
~ = curl(F~ ) · G
~ − curl(G)
~ · F~
(c) ∇ × (∇F~ ) = ~0

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