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Calculus of Several Variables and Differential Geometry
Assignment-IV
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1. Let a > 0 and S := {(x, y, z) ∈ R3 : ex + ey + ez = a}. Find the condition on a so
that S is a regular surface in R3 .
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2. Let a > b > 0 and S := {(x, y, z) ∈ R3 : ( x2 + y 2 − a)2 + z 2 = b2 }. Show that S is a
regular surface in R3 .
3. Let S be a compact surface. Show that, for every vector a ∈ R3 \ {0}, there is a point
p in S such that the vector a is normal to S at the point p.
4. Let S be a regular connected surface in R3 and p0 in R3 be such that all the normal
lines to S passes through the point p0 . Show that S is contained in a sphere.
5. Let S be a regular connected surface in R3 and ℓ in R3 be such that all the normal lines
to S meets the line ℓ orthogonally. Show that S is contained in a cylinder.
6. Let S be a connected surface and a ∈ R3 be a unit vector such that for all points p in
S, the vector a is orthogonal to Tp S. Show that S is contained in a plane.
7. Find the image of the Gauss map for the following surfaces. Further compute the
derivative of the Gauss map in each of the cases.
(a) Let S := {(x, y, z) ∈ R3 : ax + by + cz = d} where (a, b, c) is a non-zero vector in
R3 and d be a real number.
(b) Let R > 0 and S := {(x, y, z) ∈ R3 : x2 + y 2 + z 2 = R2 }.
(c) Let R > 0 and S := {(x, y, z) ∈ R3 : x2 + y 2 = R2 }.
(d) Let S := {(x, y, z) ∈ R3 : z = x2 + y 2 }.
(e) Let S := {(x, y, z) ∈ R3 : x2 + y 2 = z 2 and z > 0}.
(f) Let S := {(x, y, z) ∈ R3 : x2 + y 2 − z 2 = 1}.
(g) Let S := {(x, y, z) ∈ R3 : x2 + y 2 − z 2 = −1}.
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(h) Let a > b > 0 and S := {(x, y, z) ∈ R3 : ( x2 + y 2 − a)2 + z 2 = b2 }.
8. Let I be an open interval and c : I → R3 be the unit speed curve lying in the plane Y = 0.
If c(u) := (f (u), 0, g(u)), let S := {(f (u) cos v, f (u) sin v, g(u)) : u ∈ I and v ∈ (0, 2π)}.
Show that S is a regular surface. Find the Gauss map and find its derivative.
9. Write down a parametrization for each of surfaces in Exericses 7 and 8 and find E =
⟨φu , φu ⟩, F = ⟨φu , φv ⟩ and G = ⟨φu , φu ⟩ for the parametrization you find.
10. Find the Gauss curvature and mean curvature of the surfaces in Exercises 7 and 8.
11. Let S be the unit sphere in R3 . Let ϕ : R2 → S 2 \ {(0, 0, 1)} be the inverse of the
stereographic projection map. Find E, F and G for this parametrization.
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12. Let S be the unit sphere in R3 . Let ℓ := {tv : t ∈ R} for a unit vector v be a
straight line passing through origin in R2 and γ(t) = φ(tv) where φ is as in Exercise
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11. For a < b ∈ R, find the length a ∥γ ′ (t)∥dt of the curve γ in [a, b]. Further find
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limb→∞ 0 ∥γ ′ (t)∥dt.
13. For any line ℓv := {tv : t ∈ R} in R2 , find the length of the image curve γ(t) := φ(tv)
on any finite interval, for the parametrization φ(u, v) := (u, v, u2 + v 2 ) of the elliptic
paraboloid S := {(x, y, z) ∈ R3 : z = x2 + y 2 }.
14. For any line ℓv := {tv : t ∈ R} in R2 , find the length of the image curve γ(t) := φ(tv)
on any finite interval, for the parametrization φ(u, v) := (u, v, u2 − v 2 ) of the elliptic
paraboloid S := {(x, y, z) ∈ R3 : z = x2 − y 2 }.
