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Chapter 15 Solution

Chapter 15 covers vector calculus, focusing on vector fields and line integrals. It includes examples of sketching vector fields, finding gradient vector fields, and evaluating line integrals over various curves. The chapter also discusses the work done by force fields along specified paths.

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Chapter 15 Solution

Chapter 15 covers vector calculus, focusing on vector fields and line integrals. It includes examples of sketching vector fields, finding gradient vector fields, and evaluating line integrals over various curves. The chapter also discusses the work done by force fields along specified paths.

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Chapter 15.

Chapter 15. Vector Calculus

§15.1. Vector Fields.


  
1. Sketch the vector field       .

  
Sol. Notice that    ,  ⋅〈 〉 .


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.

§15.2. Line Integrals.

1. Evaluate the line integral, where  is the given curve.

(a)    ,  is the right half of the circle 



 
   


  
    

cossin 

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.             ≤  ≤ ,   

   

  

           


(d)       ,  :              ≤  ≤ 



  


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   ,

that is,  ⋅   ⋅ 


 
is positive(∵ ⋅     cos   ).

On the other hand, the tangential component of  is negative on   , that is,

 ⋅   ⋅ 
 
is negative(∵ ⋅     cos   ).
Chapter 15.

3.(a) Evaluate the line integral  ∙ , where  is given by the vector function ,

      sin    cos    ,        ,  ≤  ≤ .



Sol.  ⋅   〈sin   cos    〉⋅〈    〉    cos  sin 
 
   

(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.

Sol.     〈cos   sin 〉  ≤  ≤ .

        


 

   


 

  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.

§15.3. The Fundamental Theorem for Line Integrals.

1. The figure shows a curve  and a contour map of a function  whose gradient is continuous.

Find  ∇⋅.

Sol. By Fundamental Theorem of the line integral,

 ∇⋅   termial point  finitial point      .


2. Determine whether or not  is a conservative vector field.


If It is, find a function  such that   ∇ .
(a)               
Sol. Put            . Since     ≠     ,  is not conservative.

(b)        sin        cos 


Sol. Put      sin        cos. Since       cos     and the domain of  is  
(open simply connected),  is conservative.
Let     ∇ for some   .         sin  →         sin     
and        cos  ′     → ′    ,      constant. Thus          sin    .


3. Let             and  be the semicircle        from     to  .
(a) Evaluate  ∙  directly.

Sol.     〈cos   sin 〉  ≤  ≤ ,


 
 ⋅  
 
〈cos   sin    cos  sin 〉⋅〈 sin  cos 〉  
 cos sin   sin 


 

  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.

By Fundamental Theorem of the line integral,

 ⋅                    .



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,

 ⋅                         .


5. Show that the line integral    




      is independent of path and evaluate

the integral when  is any path from   to   .


Sol. The line integral is written by    


       ⋅, where     


     .

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.

Let     ∇ for some   .         →           


and        ′       → ′    ,      constant. Thus             .
By Fundamental Theorem of the line integral,

   


       ⋅              


              .

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  .

Put        . Since        and the domain of  is   (open simply connected),


 is conservative.
Let     ∇ for some   .       →          
and      ′     → ′   ,      constant. Thus            .
By Fundamental Theorem of the line integral,

  ⋅                   .


 
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〉  .

Thus the line integral is not independent of path.


Notice that the domain       of  is not simply-connected.

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,

 ∇⋅   termial point   initial point          .


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,

Work  ⋅               






.
Chapter 15.

§15.4. Green's Theorem.

1. Evaluate the line integral      ,  is the triangle with vertices  ,  , and   

 

by two methods : (a) directly (b) using Green's Theorem.


Sol.(a)           ≤  ≤           ≤  ≤            →,

                         



 

 

 

 

  
       ⋅          ⋅ 
 


 

 

(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   
  
     .

(b)      ,  is the circle 



  
   

Sol. By Green's Theorem,          ≤ ,


 
 
      
              .
 

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       .
 

4. (a) Find the area enclosed by the ellipse       .


Sol.     cos   sin   ≤  ≤  ,



        
 
cos cos    sin  sin    

(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:  ⋅ 

By Green's Theorem,  ⋅   sin      


 

  sin   

      ≤   ≤  ≤   ≤  ≤ 


 
    sin    cos    


        

    

  
6. Let      
  
. Evaluate  ⋅  where  is the given positively oriented curve.

(a)  is the boundary of the region between the circles        and       .


    
Sol. Let        . Notice that        on   ℝ   .
           
  : region between the circles       and      .
By Green's Theorem,  ⋅  
 
        
  

(b)  is the ellipse       .


    
Sol. Let        . Notice that        on   ℝ   .
           
Let   be the positively oriented circle        and   be the region between the circle
       and the ellipse       .
By Green's Theorem,

 ⋅   ⋅  
   ∪    
⋅   
        
  ,

and so  ⋅   ⋅ .


 

     〈cos sin 〉 ≤  ≤  



 ⋅   ⋅  
  
〈 sin  cos〉⋅〈 sin  cos〉  .

(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.

and so  ⋅   ⋅ .


 

     〈cos sin 〉 ≤  ≤  



 ⋅   ⋅   〈 sin  cos〉⋅〈 sin  cos〉  .
  

         
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    .

By Green's Theorem,  ⋅   ⋅  


   ∪    
⋅  

       

  ,

and so  ⋅   ⋅ .


 

    〈 cos  sin 〉 ≤  ≤  

〈  cos sin   sin   cos 




 ⋅   ⋅  
  




⋅〈  sin   cos〉

  cos 
 

 
  .
Chapter 15.

§15.5. Curl and Divergence.

   
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,

  ∇ ⋅   ∇⋅ ∇    ∇   ∇⋅∇  .


  

Hence,  ∇     ∇ ⋅   ∇⋅∇ .



  

(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).)

Sol. Let    in (a). Then Green's first identity(see (a)) says

 ∇     ∇⋅   ∇⋅∇ .




 

Since  is harmonic, so ∇    on  , and ∇ ∙ ∇  ∇ .


So,     ∇⋅   ∇  .


 

Since      on  ,  ∇     ∇⋅  .



 
Chapter 15.

§15.6. Parametric Surfaces and Their Areas.

1. Find a parametric representation for the surface.



(a) The part of the sphere           that lies above the cone        

Sol.   ,   ,           where      ≤ ,

or   sin cos ,   sin sin  ,   cos where  ≤  ≤  ,  ≤  ≤ .

(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          .

3. Find the area of the surface.


(a) The part of the surface    that lies within the cylinder       
Sol.        with          ≤  ,
 

                         
   
    



 
   .

    

(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   lnsec   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.

§15.7. Surface Integrals.


1. Suppose that                 , where  is a function of one variable such that

   . Evaluate        , where 



is the sphere          .


Sol.                     
       on  :          .

                      .


 

2. Evaluate the surface integral.

(a)  


     ,  is the surface with vector equation     〈          〉,      ≤ .

 
  
Sol.  ×       〈            〉,  ×     
      ,        ≤ 
   
 
 


          

 
     ×     

 
          
 

(b)    , 

is the part of the plane        that lies in the first octant.

Sol.  :             ≥     ≤  


  
           

        





 
        

(c)    , 

is the part of the paraboloid        that lies inside the cylinder       .

Sol.         ,        ≤ .


 
 
   
     
         
      
             

   

 

 
 
    



 
      ′             



     


   
              
  
  

(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 .)


  


         sincos   sinsin  cos  ×   
  


 


 sin cossin  
 
Chapter 15.

3. Evaluate the surface integral  ⋅ 


for the given vector field  and the oriented surface  .

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            ,         ≤ .

 ⋅   〈    
 

   〉⋅〈  〉

 

    

            
 

(b)         ,  consists of the paraboloid        ,  ≤  ≤ , and the disk      ≤ ,



Sol.     ∪   where                    ≤  and                ≤ .
Since  is a closed surface, we use the outward orientation.
Notice that he normal vector on   is 〈   〉.

 ⋅   〈 
 

      〉⋅〈   〉   


      

 
     cos    sin   .
 
   

Notice that the normal vector on   is 〈  〉.

  ⋅    〈   〉⋅〈  〉     


  

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

given by   ∇⋅ . Find the rate of heat flow across a sphere 



of radius  with

center at the center of the ball.


Sol. Let  be a sphere of radius  centered at the origin.
 
outward unit normal vector  on  :    
 

     ,

     

〈 〉
   
∇          ,
                  
        
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.

§15.8. Stoke's Theorem.

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,     ≤ 
  
   

 curl ⋅    〈       


 

   〉⋅〈  〉     


    

 
        sin    sin   
 
  

 :   〈cos   sin  〉,  ≤  ≤ , boundary of 



  ⋅   
 
〈 sin   sin  cos 〉⋅〈 sin  cos  〉


  
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⋅   ⋅ .
 

Hence  curl⋅   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.

Then by the Stokes’ theorem,  curl ⋅     ⋅    curl ⋅ .


  

      (       ≤  ≤   ≤  ≤ ).

 
  
  
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 .

(b)      sin                 and  consist of the cylinder        ≤  ≤ 


and the hemisphere             ≥ , oriented outward.
Sol.     〈cos sin  〉  ≤  ≤ 
By the Stokes‘ Theorem,

 curl  ⋅    ⋅  
  
〈cos sin  〉⋅〈 sin  cos 〉  .

4. Evaluate  ⋅, where           ,  is the curve of intersection of the plane

     and the cylinder       , and  is oriented counterclockwise as viewed from above.


Sol.       (          ≤  ),

 
  
  
curl       〈   〉
  
  

  ⋅  curl ⋅   〈   〉⋅〈 〉


  
 
         cos    .

  

Or since    ,          .


  

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

integral      



depends only on the area of the region enclosed by  and not

on the shape of  or its location in the plane.


Sol.   〈   〉,  : the part of the plane        bounded by  .
By Stokes' theorem,

         ⋅    curl  ⋅    curl  ⋅   .


   

 
  
   〈  〉 〈  〉 
curl  ⋅     ⋅  〈   〉⋅   
       
   
 
        
 
  

 
  .

Thus the line integral       depends only on the area of the region enclosed by

 and not on the shape of  or its location in the plane.

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,

 curl ⋅   ⋅ and  curl ⋅  


   
⋅  ⋅.

Thus  curl ⋅   curl ⋅   curl ⋅  .


  

8. Suppose  and  satisfy the hypotheses of Stoke's Theorem and   have continuous
second-order partial derivatives. Prove it.

(a)  ∇  ⋅   ∇ × ∇  ⋅


 
Chapter 15.

 
  
  
Sol. curl∇     
  
     
 〈                                                  〉
 〈                             〉

 
  
        ∇ × ∇ .
  
Then by the stokes’ theorem,

 ∇⋅   curl∇  ⋅   ∇ × ∇  ⋅ .


  

(b)  ∇ ⋅  


Sol. By (a) and ∇ × ∇  ,

 ∇⋅   curl∇  ⋅   ∇ × ∇  ⋅  .


  

9. Evaluate    sin   




 cos     , where  is the curve   sin    cos    sin 

 ≥ . (Hint: Observe that  lies on the surface   .)


Sol. Note that  lies on the surface   .
 is the boundary of the surface            ≤ .
Let         sin       cos       .

 
  
  
curl       〈    〉
  
 
  sin    cos  
By the stokes’ theorem,

   sin    


 cos       ⋅  curl⋅
 

  〈    〉⋅〈    〉


     

 
    cos   sin      
 

Chapter 15.

§15.9. The Divergence Theorem.

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,
        ≤ .
      
 ∇⋅         
    
         .
 

ⅱ)    ∪   where                       ≤ 


and               ≤ .
Since  is a closed surface, we use the outward orientation.

On   ,  ⋅   〈         〉⋅〈 〉


 
   

            
     

By the symmetry,          .    



 
Thus ⋅ ≡          sin    cos
 
 
 
   
     .

On   ,   ⋅    〈   〉⋅〈   〉     


 


 
    sin    .

 
 

Hence,   ⋅     ⋅     ⋅       .


  

We have shown  ∇⋅      ⋅  ,
 

this means that the Divergence Theorem is true in this case.

2. Calculate the surface integral  ⋅ ,


that is, calculate the flux of  across  .

(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.

3. Evaluate  ⋅ , where             



 

 tan           and  is the top half of

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   

  

  

and  ⋅   〈     〉⋅〈 〉      .


 
 

 
     sin     
 
 

  
Thus   ∙     ∙     ∙   
  
    .
  

4. Evaluate       




where  is the sphere          .

〈 〉
Sol. Notice that the outward unit normal vector  on  is     〈〉.
〈〉

We can write          ⋅  , where   〈  〉.




Let           ≤ .


  

By the Divergence Theorem,



          ⋅    ⋅   div       


 
.
  

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           

Sol. By the Divergence Theorem,




   ⋅     div          .
  

(b)  curl⋅  

Sol. Notice that divcurl  .


By the Divergence Theorem,

 curl⋅   div curl F    .


 
Chapter 15.

(c)  ∇ ⋅   ∇   ∇⋅∇ 


 

Sol. div∇   ∇⋅∇   ∇⋅〈        〉 ∇⋅〈         〉


 〈                      〉 〈       〉⋅〈       〉 〈       〉

 ∇⋅∇   ∇  .
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,

 ⋅     ⋅     div    


   
 dV  .

By (a),   ⋅   . Therefore,  ⋅   ⋅  .


  

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