MATH 132

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 To evaluate double integrals, we will be calculating
two successive single integrals.
 The partial derivatives of a function f(x,y) are
calculated by holding one of the variables fixed and
differentiating with respect to the other variable.
 Let us consider the reverse of this process, partial
integration.
  The symbols ò a ò
b d
f (x, y) dx
and c f (x, y) dy
denote partial definite integrals; the first integral,
called the partial definite integral with respect to x, is
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evaluated by holding y fixed and integrating with
respect to x, and the second integral, called the partial
definite integral with respect to y, is evaluated by
holding x fixed and integrating with respect to y.

 As the following example in the next slide shows, the

partial definite integral with respect to x is a
function of y, and the partial definite integral with
respect to y is a function of x.
 Example

y x ù
1
2 2
y2
ò 0 xy dx = y ò 0 x dx = 2 ú = 2
1 2 2 1

ûx=0

xy ù
1
3
x
ò 0 xy dy = x ò 0 y dx = 3 ú = 3
1 2 1 2

ûy=0
 
 A partial definite integral with respect to x is a
function of y and hence can be integrated with
respect to y; similarly, a partial definite integral with
respect to y can be integrated with respect to x. This
two-stage integration process is called iterated (or
repeated) integration.
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é b ù
ò ò ( ) ( )
f x, y dx dy = ò ê ò f x, y dxú dy
d b d

c a c ë a û
é d ù
ò ò ( ) ( )
f x, y dy dx = ò ê ò f x, y dyú dx
b d b

a c aë c û
These integrals are called iterated integrals.
Example
ò ò (40 - 2xy) dy dx
3 4


1 2

é 4 ù
= ò ê ò 40 - 2xy dyúdx ( )
3

1ë 2 û

ò( 40 y - xy ùû dx )
3 4
= 2
1 y=2

(
é 160 -16x - 80 - 4x ùdx
ò1 ë ) ( )
3
= û

ò (80 -12x) dx
3
=
1

(
= 80x - 6x ùû ) =112
3
2

1
Example
ò ò (40 - 2xy) dx dy
4 3

2 1

é 3 ù
(
= ò ê ò 40 - 2xy dxúdy
2ë 1
4

û ) 
It is no accident
that both parts
ò( )
40x - x y ùû dy
4 3
= 2
2 x=1 of the previous
examples
ò éë(120 - 9 y) - (40 - y)ùûdy
4
=
2 produced the
same answer.
ò (80 -8y) dy
4
=
2

(
= 80 y - 4 y ùû ) =112
4
2

2
Example
ò ò( )
3 1
16 - x 2 - 3y 2 dy dx

0 0

é 1 ù
(
= ò ê ò 16 - x - 3y dyúdx )
3 2 2
0ë 0 û
ò (16 y - x )
y - y 3 ùû dx
3 1
= 2
0 y=0

(
é 16 - x 2 -1 - 0 ùdx
ò0 ë ) ()
3
= û
ò( )
3
= 15- x 2 dx
0

æ 1 3 öù
3

= ç15x - x ÷ú
è 3 øû0
=36 
Example
ò ò
3 2
x 2 y dy dx
0

é 2 2
1

ù 
ò 0 êë ò1 x y dyúû dx
3

é
êæ x 2 y 2 ö ùú
2

ò 0 êêçç ÷÷ údx
3

ú
êëè ø úû
2 1

æ 2 x2 ö
ò 0 ç 2x - 2 ÷ dx
3

è ø
æ 2x x 3ö
3
3
çç - ÷÷ = 18 – 4.5 = 13.5 
è 3 6ø 0
 ò ò
2 3
x 2 y dx dy
1 0

é x3 y ù
3 
òê ú dy
2

1
ë 3 û 0

ò é9 yù dy
2

1 ë û

é 9y 2ù
2

ê ú
ë 2 û 1

9
18 - = 13.5 
2
Evaluate ò ò D ( x + 2 y ) dA, where D is the region
bounded by the parabolas y=2x2 and y=1+x2 .
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 Solution

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The parabolas intersect when 2x2 = 1 + x2
é 2 ù
2x2 = 1 + x2
( ) ( )
ò -1êë x 1+ x + 1+ x - x 2x - 2x úû ( ) ( )
1 2 2
2 2 2

x2 = 1
x = {-1,1}
ò (-3x )
1 4
- x + 2x + x +1 dx
3 2
-1

ò ò ( )
1 1+x 2
x + 2 y dy dx é x x 5
x x ù4 3 2
1

-1 2 x2
ê-3 - +2 + +xú
32
=
ë 5 4 3 2 û 15
ò éë xy+ y ùû
1+x 2 -1
1 2
dx
-1
2 x2
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