WS (Line and Surface Integrals)
WS (Line and Surface Integrals)
Department of Mathematics
Math 2042: Applied Mathematics III (2024/25 Academic Year Semester II)
Exercises on Line and surface integral (Part I).
1. For f (x, y) = 2x + y 2 and a curve C given by the line y = 2x form (0, 0) to (1, 2). Find
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(a) c f (x, y)dx (b) c f (x, y)dy (c) c f (x, y)dS
3. Determine whether or not F is a conservative vector field. If it is, find a potential function of F .
(a) F (x, y) = (6x + 5y)i + (5x + 4y)j (d) F (x, y) = xey i + yex j
(b) F (x, y, z) = xy 2 z 3 i + 2x2 yz 3 j + 3x2 y 2 k (e) F (x, y, z) = yzi + xzj + xyk
(c) F (x, y, z) = 2xyi + (x2 + z 2 )j + 2zyk (f) F (x, y) = 2xyi + (x2 − y)j
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4. Evaluate C
F · dr, where
(a) F (x, y, z) = xyi − x2 j + sinzk and C is the line segment from (1, 3, 1) to (3, 1, 2)
(b) F (x, y, z) = xyi − (x2 + z 2 )j + 2yzk, and C is any piecewise smooth curve (1, 1, 0) to
(0, 2, 3).
(c) F (x, y, z) = (x + y)i + xyj − z 2 k, where C consists of the line segment from (0, 0, 0) to
(1, 3, 1) followed by the line segment (1, 3, 1) to (2, −1, 4).
(d) F (x, y) = xyi + x2 j, where C is the portion of x = y 2 from (0, 0) to (1, 1).
8. Evaluate the following line integrals using Green’s Theorem. Unless otherwise stated, assume that
all curves are oriented counter clockwise.
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(a) C (x2 + 3)dx + (x2 + y 2 )dy, where C is the boundary of the region bounded by the curve
y = x and y = x2 .
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(b) C (2x2 − y 2 )dx + (x2 + y 2 )dy, where C is the boundary of the quarter annular region R with
positive orientation shown below.
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(c) xydx + 2x2 dy, where C consists of the segment from (−2, 0) to (2, 0) and the top half
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of the circle x2 + y 2 = 4.
(d) C 1 4 y dx + 21 xydy where C is the boundary of the region in the first quadrant that lies
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above the hyperbola xy = 1 and the line y = x and below by the line y = 2.
(e) C 21 y 2 dx + zdy + xdz where C is the curve of intersection of the plane and the ellipsoid
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(a) F (x, y, z) = x2 i + xyj − 2xzk and S is the tetrahedron with vertices (0, 0, 0), (1, 0, 0),
(0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 2).
(b) F (x, y, z) = xi − 2y 2 j + z 3 k and S is the boundary of the solid bounded by the cylinder
x2 + y 2 = 4 between the planes z = 0 and z = 3.
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(c) F = (2x + 3z)i − (xz + y)j + (y 2 + 2z)k and S is the surface of the sphere having center
at (3, −1, 2) and radius 3 units.
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(d) Evaluate S F · dS, where F (x, y, z) = xyi + (y 2 + exz )j + sin(xy)k and S is the surface
of the region D bounded by the parabolic cylinder y = 1 − x2 and the plane z = 0, y = 0
and x + y + z = 2.
(e) Verify Stokes’ Theorem for F (x, y, z) = (2x − 3y)i − yz 2 j − y 2 zk and S is the upper
half(above the xy-plane) of the unit sphere.
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15. Evaluate the line integral C F · dr using Stokes’ Theorem, where C is positively oriented such that