DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

I.I.T. MADRAS
MA 1010 – Functions of several variables
Exercise Set 4: Vector Calculus

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(1) Evaluate C x2 + y 2 ds along the curve C given by ~r(t) = (4 cos t)î + (4 sin t)ĵ + 3tk̂, −2π ≤ t ≤ 2π.

(2) Integrate f (x, y, z) = (x + y + z)/(x2 + y 2 + z 2 ) over the path ~r(t) = tî + tĵ + tk̂, 0 < a ≤ t ≤ b.

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(3) Integrate f (x, y) = (x + y 2 )/ 1 + x2 over the path C : y = x2 /2 from (1, 1/2) to (0, 0).

(4) Find the gradient fields of the functions given below:

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(a) f (x, y, z) = x2 + y 2 + z 2 . (b) g(x, y, z) = ez − ln(x2 + y 2 ).
(a)

(b)

F · d~r, where F = y î − xĵ and C is the portion of the unit circle x2 + y 2 = 1 from (1, 0)
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(5) Evaluate C
to (0, 1) in the counterclockwise direction.

(6) Which of the following fields are conservative?

(a) F = yz î + xz ĵ + xy k̂. (b) F = y(sin z)î + x(sin z)ĵ + x(sin y)k̂.
(c) F = (y + z)î + z ĵ + (x + y)k̂. (d) F = (ex cos y)î + (ex sin y)ĵ + z k̂.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(7) Find a potential function f for the field F :
(a) F = ey+2z (î + xĵ + 2xk̂).

(b) F = (y sin z)î + (x sin z)ĵ + (xy cos z)k̂.

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(8) Show that the differential forms in the following integrals are exact and then evaluate the integrals:
Z (3,5,0)
(a) yz dx + xz dy + xy dz.
(1,1,2)

Z (3,3,1)
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(b) 2x dx − y 2 dy − dz.
(0,0,0) 1 + z2

(9) Evaluate
I the following integrals by applying Green’s theorem:
(a) (3y dx + 2x dy); C : the boundary of 0 ≤ x ≤ π, 0 ≤ y ≤ sin x.
C

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(b) (6y + x)dx + (y + 2x)dy; C : the circle (x − 2)2 + (y − 3)2 = 4.
C

(10) Use Green’s theorem area formula to find the areas of the region enclosed by C, which is given by :
(a) ~r(t) = (cos3 t)î + (sin3 t)ĵ, 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π.

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(b) ~r(t) = t2 î + (t3 /3 − t)ĵ, − 3 ≤ t ≤ 3.

(11) Find the areas of the surfaces generated by revolving the curves in about the indicated axes.
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(a) y = 2x − x2 , 1/2 ≤ x ≤ 3/2; about x-axis

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(b) x = 2y − 1, 5/8 ≤ y ≤ 1; about y-axis
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(12) Find the area of the surface generated by revolving about the x-axis the portion of the astroid
x2/3 + y 2/3 = 1 joining the points (−1, 0), (0, 1), (1, 0).

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(13) Find the area of the cap cut from the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 2 by the cone z = x2 + y 2 .

(14) Find the area of the portion of the paraboloid x = 4 − y 2 − z 2 that lies above the ring 1 ≤ y 2 + z 2 ≤ 4
in the yz-plane.

(15) Integrate g(x, y, z) = y +z over the surface of the wedge in the first octant bounded by the coordinate
planes x = 2 and y + z = 1.

(16) Integrate g(x, y, z) = x + y + z over the portion of the plane 2x + 2y + z = 2 that lies in the first
octant.
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(17) Use a parameterization to express the area of the surface as a double integral:
(a) The portion of the plane z = −x inside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 4.

(b) The portion of the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 1 between the planes z = 1 and z = 4.

(18) Integrate the function G(x, y, z) over the surface S, where

(a) G(x, y, z) = x2 ; S : x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1.

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(b) G(x, y, z) = z − x; S : z = x2 + y 2 ; 0 ≤ z ≤ 1.
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(19) Use a paramterization to find S F · n̂ dσ across the surface in the given direction:
(a) F = xî + y ĵ + z k̂ across the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = a2 in the direction away from the origin.

(b) F = y 2 î + xz ĵ − z 2 k̂, outward normal (away from z-axis), through the cone
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z = 2 x2 + y 2 , 0 ≤ z ≤ 2.

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(20) Use Stoke’s theorem to calculate C F · d~r in the counterclockwise direction when viewed from above:
(a) F = 2y î + 3xĵ − z 2 k̂; C: x2 + y 2 = 9 in the xy-plane.

(b) F = x2 y 3 î + ĵ + z k̂; C : the intersection of x2 + y 2 = 4 and x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 16, z ≥ 0.

(21) Let S be the cylinder x2 + y 2 = a2 , 0 ≤ z ≤ h, together with its top x2 + y 2 ≤ a2 , z = h. Let

F = −y î + xĵ + x2 k̂. Use Stoke’s theorem to find the flux of ∇ × F outward through S.
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(22) Use Stokes Theorem to calculate the flux of the curl of F across the surface S in the direction of the
outward unit normal n̂:
(a) F = (y − z)î + (z − x)ĵ + (x + z)k̂
S : ~r(r, θ) = (r cos θ)î + (r sin θ)ĵ + (9 − r2 )k̂; 0 ≤ r ≤ 3, 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2π.

(b) F = (x − y)î + (y − z)ĵ + (z − x)k̂

S : ~r(r, θ) = (r cos θ)î + (r sin θ)ĵ + (5 − r)k̂; 0 ≤ r ≤ 5, 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2π.

(23) Use Divergence theorem to find the outward flux of F across the boundary of D:
(a) F = x2 î − 2xy ĵ + 3xz k̂; D : the region cut from the first octant by the spere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 4.

(b) F = 2xz î − xy ĵ − z 2 k̂;

D : the wedge cut from the first octant by the plane y + z = 4 and the elliptical cylinder
4x2 + y 2 = 16.

(c) F = (5x3 + 12xy 2 )î + (y 3 + ey sin z)ĵ + (5z 3 + ey cos z)k̂;

D : the solid region between the spheres x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1 and x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 2.