Brian Streit

Math 2451

Section 8.6 Selected Solutions

1. a) We compute

!^ = (2xdx + ydy) ^ x3 dx + y 2 dy
= 2x4 dx ^ dx + 2xy 2 dx ^ dy + yx3 dy ^ dx + y 3 dy ^ dy:

But
dx ^ dy = dy ^ dx and dx ^ dx = dy ^ dy = 0:
Therefore,
!^ = 2xy 2 yx3 dx ^ dy:
b) We …nd

!^ = (xdx ydy) ^ (ydx + xdy)

= x2 dx ^ dy y 2 dy ^ dx = x2 + y 2 dx ^ dy:

c) We compute

!^ = (xdx + ydy + zdz) ^ (zdxdy + xdydz + ydzdx)

= x2 dxdydz + y 2 dydzdx + z 2 dzdxdy
= x2 + y 2 + z 2 dxdydz:

d) We …nd

!^ = xydydz + x2 dxdy ^ (dx + dz)

= xydydzdx + x2 dxdydz
= xy + x2 dxdydz:

e) We …nd

!^ = (exyz dxdy) ^ e xyz

dz = dxdydz:

2. Multiplying through the …rst by a1 dx, then by a2 dy then, …nally, by a3 dz

we obtain

(a1 dx + a2 dy + a3 dz) ^ (b1 dydz + b2 dzdx + b3 dxdy)

= (a1 b1 dxdydz + 0 + 0) + (0 + a2 b2 dydzdx + 0) + (0 + 0 + a3 b3 dzdxdy)
X3
= ai bi dxdydz:
i=1

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 5. a) Suppose

v1 = A1 i + B1 j + C1 k and v2 = A2 i + B2 j + C2 k:

Then
v1 + v2 = ( A1 + A2 ) i + ( B1 + B2 ) j + ( C1 + C2 ) k.
Therefore

Form2 ( v1 + v2 ) = ( A1 + A2 ) dydz + ( B1 + B2 ) dzdx + ( C1 + C2 ) dxdy

= A1 dydz + B1 dzdx + C1 dxdy + A2 dydz + B2 dzdx + C2 dxdy
= Form2 ( v1 + v2 ) :

b) Since

@C @B @A @C @B @A
curl v = i+ j+ k,
@y @z @z @x @x @y

we see that
@A @A @A @B @B @B
d! = dx + dy + dz dx + dx + dy + dz dy
@x @y @z @x @y @z
@C @C @C
= dx + dy + dz dz
@x @y @z
@A @A @B @B @C @C
= dydx + dzdx + dxdy + dzdy + dxdz + dydz
@y @z @x @z @x @y
@C @B @A @C @B @A
= dydz + dzdx + dxdy = Form2 (curl v) :
@y @z @z @x @x @y