Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

Vector Calculus Spring 2019

Tutorial-III Line Integration and Green’s Theorem

Prosenjit Das

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1. Evaluate f (x, y, z)ds where C is the curve x = 2y, z = 3y, 0 ≤ y ≤ 3 and f (x, y, z) = 2x + 3y.
C
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2. Evaluate (x2 + yz)ds where C is the curve defined by x = 4y and z = 3 from (2, 12 , 3) to (4, 1, 3).
C
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3. Evaluate (xy + yz + zx)ds where C is curve formed by traversing continuously a circle of radius 1 and
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center 0 once in anti-clock wise direction and then once in clock wise direction.

4. Let C be the union of two curves C√ 2 2 2

√ 1 : arc of the circle x +y = r subscribing angle
√ 3π/4
√ with initial point
(r, 0) Zand final point (−r/ 2, r/ 2) and C2 : the line segment joining (−r/ 2, r/ 2) and (−2r, 2r).
Find xds.
C
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5. Evaluate ~ · d~s where
F
C

~ √ ~ conservative?
(a) F(x, y, z) = sin z î+cos y ĵ +x3 k̂; C is the line segment from (1, 0, 0) to (0, 0, 3). Is F
~
(b) F(x, y, z) = ex+y−z (î + ĵ − k̂); C := (log t, t, t) for 2 ≤ t ≤ 4.
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(c) F(x, y) = x4 î + xy ĵ; C is the line segment from (1, 0) to (0, 1) to (0, 0) to (1, 0).
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(d) F(x, ~ conservative?
y) = x2 î + y 2 ĵ; C is the line segment from (1, 0) to (0, 1) to (0, 0) to (1, 0). Is F
~
6. Let F(x, y) = (y î+xĵ) on R2 and C be the following path: from (−1, 0) to (1, 0) along “x2 +y 2 = 1,Z y ≥ 0”,
from (1, 0) to (−1, 0) along x axis and from (−1, 0) to (1, 0) along “x2 + y 2 = 1, y ≤ 0 ”. Find ~ · d~s.
F
C

7. Let F~ be a vector field over R3 . Suppose C1 and C2 be two paths from (−1, 0, 0) to (1, 0, 0) defined by
C1 : x2 + y 2 = 1, y ≥ 0, z = 0 and C1 : x2 + y 2 = 1, y ≤ 0, z = 0. Given that line integral of F~ along C1
~
and C2 are same. Find the line integral of F along the curve obtained by traversing 100 times the circle
x2 + y 2 = 1, z = 0 starting from the point (0, 1, 0).
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8. Evaluate ~ s where ~r(t) = (cos5 t, sin3 t, t4 ), 0 ≤ t ≤ π and F(x,
F·d~ ~ y, z) = (2xyz+sin x)î+x2 z ĵ+x2 y k̂.
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~ can be expressed as ∇f for some f defined on dom(F).

9. Check if the following vector fields F ~

~
(a) F(x, y) = (xî + y ĵ)/(x2 + y 2 ) where (x, y) satisfies 1 < x2 + y 2 < 2.
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(b) F(x, y) = (x2 + y 2 )î + 2xy ĵ where (x, y) ∈ R2 − {(0, 0)}.
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(c) F(x, y) = x log(x2 + y 2 − 2x − 2y + 2)î + log(x2 (y − 1) + y 2 )ĵ.
~
(d) F(x, y, z) = xy î + y ĵ + z k̂ where (x, y, z) ∈ R3 .

1
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(e) F(x, y, z) = (2xyz + sin x)î + x2 z ĵ + x2 y k̂ where (x, y, z) satisfies x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1 and z > 0.
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10. Show that the following vector fields are conservative. Calculate ~ · d~s for the given curve C.
F
C

~
(a) F(x, y) = (xy 2 + 3x2 y)î + (x + y)x2 ĵ, C consists of line segments from (1, 1) to (0, 2) to (3, 0).
~ 2x 2y(x2 + 1)
(b) F(x, y) = î − ĵ, C is given by x = t3 − 1, y = t6 − t, 0 ≤ t ≤ 1.
y2 + 1 (y 2 + 1)2
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11. Evaluate ~ · d~s, explain whether the integral is path dependent where
F
C

~
(a) F(x, y) = (xy, y 2 ) and C be the path y = 2x2 joining (0, 0) to (1, 2) in the xy plane.
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(b) F(x, y, z) = ex î + y ĵ and C the circle x2 + y 2 = 1.
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(c) F(x, y, z) = 1/xî + 2/y and C is the line segment joining from (1, 1, 0) to (10, 10, 0) to (50, 30, 0).