Chapter 15 Solution
Chapter 15 Solution
2. Find the gradient vector field ∇ of and sketch it.
Sol. ∇
Notice that the gradient vector field ∇ is parallel to the normal vector of the level curve
.
Chapter 15.
cossin
Sol. cos sin ≤ ≤ ,
sin cos
(b) , consists of line segments from to and from to .
Sol. ∪ , where
〈 〉 ≤ ≤ 〈〉 〈 〉 〈 〉 ≤ ≤
(c)
, is the line segment from to .
Sol. ≤ ≤ ,
Sol.
2. The figure shows a vector field and two curves and . Are the line integrals of over
and positive, negative, or zero? Explain.
Sol. Note that ⋅ cos cos . The tangential component of is positive on ,
⋅ ⋅
is negative(∵ ⋅ cos ).
Chapter 15.
3.(a) Evaluate the line integral ∙ , where is given by the vector function ,
(b) Find the work done by the force field in moving an object along an arch
of the cycloid sin cos, ≤ ≤ .
Sol. Work ⋅
〈 sin cos 〉⋅〈 cos sin 〉
(c) Find the work done by the force field on a particle that moves along
the parabola from to .
Sol. : ≤ ≤
Work ⋅ 〈
〉⋅〈 〉
(d) Find the work done by the force field 〈 〉 on a particle that
moves along the line segment from to .
Sol. the line segment from to : ≤ ≤ ,
Work ⋅ 〈 〉⋅〈 〉
(e) An object with mass moves with position function sin cos ≤ ≤ .
Find the work done on the object during this time period.
Sol. ″, ′ cos sin , ′ cos sin
⋅
Work ″⋅′ ′⋅′ ′ ′ ′ ′
4. The force exerted by an electric charge at the origin on a charged particle at a point
with position vector 〈 〉 is where is a constant. Find the work done as
the particle moves along a straight line from to .
Sol. 〈 〉 ≤ ≤
〈 〉
Work ⋅
⋅〈〉
5. The base of a circular fence with radius 10m is given by cos, sin . The height of
the fence at position is given by the function , so the height varies
from m to m . Suppose that of paint covers . Determine how much paint you will
need if you paint both sides of the fence.
Chapter 15.
cos sin
sin cos
and the total area to cover is and of paint covers .
We require for one side of the fence. ∴
Chapter 15.
1. The figure shows a curve and a contour map of a function whose gradient is continuous.
Find ∇⋅.
3. Let and be the semicircle from to .
(a) Evaluate ∙ directly.
sin .
(b) Show that is conservative and find a function such that ∇ . Using the fundamental
theorem for line integral, evaluate ∙ .
Sol. Put . Since and the domain of is (open simply connected),
is conservative.
Let ∇ for some . →
and ′ → ′ , constant. Thus .
Chapter 15.
4. Let sin cos cos sin and : sin , ≤ ≤ .
Find a function such that ∇ and evaluate ∙ along the given curve .
Sol. Let ∇ for some , that is, sin cos cos sin .
sin → sin and cos → cos ,
and so cos . Then sin cos ,
and sin ′ → ′ , constant. Thus sin cos .
By Fundamental Theorem of the line integral,
Put
. Since on
and the domain of is open simply
connected, is conservative, that is, ∇ for some .
Hence the line integral
is independent of path.
⋅
.
6. Find the work done by the force field in moving an object from
to .
Sol. The work done by the force field is ⋅, where is any path
from to .
7. Let , where .
(a) Show that .
Chapter 15.
Sol.
(b) Show that ∙ is not independent of path. [Hint: Compute ⋅ and ⋅, where
and are the upper and lower halves of the circle from to ]
Sol. Let 〈cos sin 〉 ≤ ≤ and 〈cos sin 〉, → .
Then ⋅ 〈 sin cos〉⋅〈 sin cos〉 and
⋅
〈 sin cos〉⋅〈 sin cos〉 .
8. Evaluate the line integral , where C consists of the line segment from
to followed by the circle in a counterclockwise direction to the
point on the plane .
Sol. We can write ⋅, where .
Let ∇ for some , that is, .
→ and → , and so .
Then , and ′ → ′ , constant.
Thus .
By Fundamental Theorem of the line integral,
9. Using the fundamental theorem of line integral, solve the problem 4 in section 14.2: that is,
The force exerted by an electric charge at the origin on a charged particle at a point
with position vector 〈 〉 is where is a constant. Find the work done as
the particle moves along a straight line from to .
Sol. Notice that a potential function of is (except the origin).
By Fundamental Theorem of the line integral,
1. Evaluate the line integral , is the triangle with vertices , , and
⋅ ⋅
(b) By Green's Theorem,
.
2. Use Green's Theorem to evaluate the line integral along the given positively oriented curve.
(a)
cos , is the boundary of the region enclosed by the parabolas
and
Sol. By Green's Theorem,
cos
.
3. Evaluate ⋅, where 〈 cos sin 〉, and is the circle
oriented clockwise.
Sol. Notice that the orientation of is clockwise.
≤ . By Green's Theorem,
∙
sin cos .
(b) Find the area under one arch of the cycloid of sin cos and above the -axis.
Sol. ∪ , where
: arch of the cycloid from to , sin cos ≤ ≤
: line segment from to , →
Notice that is oriented positively and encloses the area under one arch of the
cycloid.
cos cos
Chapter 15.
5. A particle starts at the origin, moves along the axis to , then along the quarter-circle
≥ ≥ to the point , then down the axis back to the origin.
Find the work done on this particle by the force field sin sin .
〈 〉
Sol. work: ⋅
≤ ≤ ≤ ≤ ≤
sin cos
6. Let
. Evaluate ⋅ where is the given positively oriented curve.
⋅ ⋅
∪
⋅
,
(c) is the straight line segment from to , then to , then to .
Sol. Let . Notice that on ℝ .
Let be the curve from to along the circle , counterclockwise.
Let be the region between and .
Notice that ∪ is closed, counterclockwise.
By Green's Theorem,
⋅ ⋅
∪
⋅
Chapter 15.
7. Evaluate
⋅, where
, and is any positively oriented simple
closed curve that encloses the origin.
Sol. Let . Notice that on ℝ .
Let be the positively oriented circle such that lies inside
and be the region between and .
cos
.
Chapter 15.
1. Find the curl and the divergence of the vector field .
Sol. curl ∇ ×
,
div ∇⋅ .
2. Determine whether or not the vector field is conservative.
If it is conservative, find a function such that ∇ .
Sol. curl ∇ × and has continuous partial derivatives on ℝ ,
so is conservative.
Let ∇ for some , that is, .
→ , and → , and so .
Then , and ′ → ′ , constant.
Thus .
3. (a) Is there a vector field on ℝ such that curl 〈 sin cos 〉? Explain.
Sol. No.
Assume there is a vector field on ℝ such that curl 〈 sin cos 〉,
Then div(curl ) . But div(curl ) sin sin ≠ .
Thus there is not a vector field on ℝ such that curl 〈 sin cos 〉.
(b) Show that any vector field of the form where , , are
differentiable functions is irrotational.
Sol. curl ∇ × . Hence is irrotational.
(c) Show that any vector field of the form is incompressible.
Sol. div . So, is incompressible.
4. Prove the identity div div ⋅∇ , assuming that the appropriate partial derivatives
exist and are continuous. Here is a scalar field and are vector fields.
Sol. Let .
div ∇⋅〈 〉 ∇⋅〈 〉
〈 〉⋅〈 〉 div
Chapter 15.
∇⋅ div .
5. Let and . Verify each identity.
(a) ∇
Sol. Notice that , and
.
∇
(b) ∇
Sol. Notice that , and
.
∇
〈
〉 〈
〉
.
6. (a) Use a second vector form of Green's Theorem to prove Green's first identity :
∇ ∇ ∙ ∇ ∙ ∇
where and satisfy the hypotheses of Green’s Theorem and the appropriate partial
derivatives of and exist and are continuous.
Sol. div∇ ∇⋅〈 〉 ∇⋅〈 〉
〈 〉⋅〈 〉 ∇⋅∇ ∇ .
By a second vector form of Green's Theorem,
(b) Use Green's first identity to show that if is harmonic on , and if on the
boundary curve , then ∇ (Assume the same hypotheses as in (a).)
(b) The part of the plane that lies inside the cylinder
Sol. , , where ≤ ,
or cos, sin , cos where ≤ ≤ , ≤ ≤ .
2. Find an equation of the tangent plane to the given parametric surface at the specified point.
(a) , , ;
Sol. Note that 〈 〉, and when .
Also, the normal vector of the tangent plane at (or ) is
× 〈 〉 or 〈 〉
The equation of the tangent plane at is
〈 〉⋅〈 〉 or .
(b) cos sin ;
Sol. Note that when .
Also, the normal vector of the tangent plane at (or ) is
×
〈
〉.
The equation of the tangent plane at is
〈
〉 〈
〉
⋅ or .
(b) The helicoid with vector function cos sin , ≤ ≤ ≤ ≤ .
Sol. ≤ ≤ ≤ ≤ ,
Chapter 15.
× cos sin 〈 sin cos 〉 and ×
.
sin cos
The area of surface is ×
.
Let tan with , then sec and
tan sec
sec .
Note that sec sec tan lnsec tan .
sec tan ln sec tan
ln
.
Hence
ln
.
4.(a) Find the area of the part of the sphere that lies inside the paraboloid
.
Sol. , ≤
.
(b) Find the area of the part of the sphere that lies inside the cylinder .
Sol. Put and ± , ≤ , ⇔ cos
cos
cos
⋅ sin .
5. The figure shows the surface created when the cylinder intersects the cylinder
. Find the area of this surface.
Sol. ×
, where ,
≤ .
.
Chapter 15.
1. Suppose that , where is a function of one variable such that
Sol.
on : .
(a)
, is the surface with vector equation 〈 〉, ≤ .
Sol. × 〈 〉, ×
, ≤
×
(b) ,
is the part of the plane that lies in the first octant.
(c) ,
is the part of the paraboloid that lies inside the cylinder .
′
(d) ,
is the hemisphere , ≥ .
Sol. 〈sin cos sin sin cos〉, ≤ ≤ ≤ ≤
× sin sin sin cos 〈 sin cos sin sin sin cos〉
cos cos cos sin sin
and × sin (Notice that × sin .)
sincos sinsin cos ×
sin cossin
Chapter 15.
In other words, find the flux of across . For closed surfaces, use the positive (outward)
orientation.
(a) , where is the part of the paraboloid that lies above
the -plane and has upward orientation
Sol. Let , ≤ .
⋅ 〈
〉⋅〈 〉
⋅ 〈
〉⋅〈 〉
cos sin .
Hence, ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ .
4.(a) The temperature at a point in a ball with conductivity is inversely proportional to the
distance from the center of the ball. The rate of heat flow across a surface in a body is
〈 〉
∇ ,
The rate of heat flow across a sphere is
∇ ⋅
⋅
.
Thus the flux of across a sphere with center the origin is independent of the radius of .
Chapter 15.
(b) Let be an inverse square field, that is, for some constant , where .
Show that the flux of across a sphere with center the origin is independent of the radius of
.
Sol. Let be a sphere of radius centered at the origin.
outward unit normal vector on :
The flux of across a sphere is
⋅
⋅ ⋅
.
Thus the flux of across a sphere with center the origin is independent of the radius of .
Chapter 15.
1. Verify that Stokes’ Theorem is true for the vector field and is of
the part of paraboloid that lies above the plane , oriented upward.
Sol. : boundary of the surface of , counterclockwise oriented
We must show that the Stokes’ theorem, curl ⋅ ⋅
is true.
curl 〈 〉, ≥ that is, ≤
sin sin
sin sin cos .
Thus curl ⋅ ⋅
holds.
2.(a) A hemisphere and a portion of a paraboloid are shown. Suppose is a vector field on
whose components have continuous partial derivatives.
Explain why curl⋅ curl⋅ .
Sol. Both and are oriented smooth surfaces that are bounded by the simple, closed, positive,
smooth curve .
curl⋅ ⋅
By the Stokes’ Theorem,
and curl⋅ ⋅ .
(b) Evaluate curl⋅ . where and consists of the top and
the four sides (but not the bottom) of the cube with vertices ± ± ± , oriented outward.
Sol. : top and four sides (but not the bottom) of the cube with vertices ± ± ± ,
: bottom of the cube with vertices ± ± ± .
: boundary of the surface of , counterclockwise oriented
Chapter 15.
curl 〈 〉
curl ⋅ curl ⋅ 〈 〉⋅〈 〉
.
3. Evaluate curl⋅ .
(a) , is the half of the ellipsoid that lies to the right
of the -plane, oriented in the direction of the positive -axis.
Sol. : ≤ , oriented in the direction of the positive -axis.
: 〈sin cos〉, ≤ ≤ , boundary of
By the Stokes’ Theorem,
curl⋅ ⋅
〈 sin cos sin cos〉⋅〈cos sin 〉
cos sin cos .
4. Evaluate ⋅, where , is the curve of intersection of the plane
curl 〈 〉
5. A particle moves along line segments from the origin to the points , , and
back to the origin under the influence of the force field .
Find the work done.
Chapter 15.
Sol. line segments from the origin to the points , , and back to the origin
: the plane bounded by ,
normal vector of : 〈 〉×〈 〉 〈 〉,
( ≤ ≤ ≤ ≤ ),
curl 〈 〉
By the Stokes' theorem, ⋅ curl ⋅ 〈 〉⋅〈 〉
.
6. Let be a simple closed smooth curve and lies in the plane . Show that the line
〈 〉 〈 〉
curl ⋅ ⋅ 〈 〉⋅
.
Thus the line integral depends only on the area of the region enclosed by
7. If is a sphere and satisfies the hypotheses of Stokes' Theorem, show that curl ⋅ .
Sol. Let and be the upper and lower hemispheres, respectively, of , and be the boundary
of , oriented counterclockwise.
By Stokes' Theorem,
8. Suppose and satisfy the hypotheses of Stoke's Theorem and have continuous
second-order partial derivatives. Prove it.
Sol. curl∇
〈 〉
〈 〉
∇ × ∇ .
Then by the stokes’ theorem,
curl 〈 〉
sin cos
By the stokes’ theorem,
sin
cos ⋅ curl⋅
cos sin
Chapter 15.
1. Verify that the Divergence Theorem is true for the vector field
on the solid bounded by the paraboloid and the -plane.
Sol.ⅰ) Let be the region bounded by the paraboloid and the -plane,
≤ .
∇⋅
.
sin .
We have shown ∇⋅ ⋅ ,
(a) cos sin , is the surface of the solid bounded by the
paraboloid and the plane .
Sol. region bounded by ,
By the Divergence Theorem,
F⋅dS div
.
(b) , is the surface of the solid bounded by the cylinder
and the planes and .
Sol. region bounded by ,
By the Divergence Theorem,
F⋅dS div
.
Chapter 15.
the sphere . [Hint : Note that is not a closed surface. First compute integrals
over and , where is the disk ≤ , oriented downward, and ∪ ]
Sol. ∪ , where : ≥ , and : ( ≤ ).
Notice that is closed. : region bounded by .
By the Divergence Theorem.
⋅ div
,
⋅ sin
sin
Thus ∙ ∙ ∙
.
〈 〉
Sol. Notice that the outward unit normal vector on is 〈〉.
〈〉
5. Prove each identity, assuming that and satisfy the conditions of the Divergence Theorem
and the scalar functions and components of the vector fields have continuous second order
partial derivatives.
(a)
⋅ , where
(b) curl⋅
∇⋅∇ ∇ .
By the Divergence Theorem,
6. A vector field is shown. Use the interpretation of divergence derived in this section to
determine whether div is positive or negative at and at .
Sol. The vectors that end near are longer than the vectors that start near , so the net flow
is inward near and div is negative.
The vectors that end near are shorter than the vectors that start near , so the net flow
is outward near and div is positive.
7. Let .
(a) Compute the outward flux of the vector field across the sphere .
Sol. The outward flux of across the sphere is ⋅ .
〈〉 〈〉
⋅ ⋅
⋅ .
(b) Compute the outward flux of the vector field across the ellipsoid .
Sol. The outward flux of across the ellipsoid is ⋅ .
Let be the ellipsoid bounded by and let be the ball bounded by the sphere
. Clearly ⊂ . and are outward oriented.
Notice that d i v except at the origin.
By the divergence theorem,