Fall 2017 Discussion Set (Week 13) Calculus II

1. Let S be the surface labelled “Side C” in the picture shown below. 3. Let S be the surface cut from the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 9 by the planes
z = 1 and z = 2.

(a) Find a parametrization of S.

(a) Find a smooth parametrization ϕ(r, θ) of S using the cylindrical

coordinates r and θ.

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(b) Evaluate S
xyz dS.

(c) Find the outward flux of yzi + zxj + xyk across S. (b) Using ϕ(r, θ), find the surface area of S.

2. Let S be the triangular surface cut out from the plane x + y + z = 4

by the first octant.

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(c) Using ϕ(r, θ), evaluate S (xzi + yzj + z 2 k) · n dS, where n is the
outward unit normal vector on S.

(a) Find a parametrization of S.

(d) Find a smooth parametrization ψ(x, y) of S using the Cartesian

˜ coordinates x and y. Compute ψx × ψy .
(b) Evaluate S
(x + 2y + 3z) dS.

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(c) Evaluate S (xi + 2yj + 3zk) · n dS, where n is the outward unit
normal vector on S.

(e) Find a real-valued function f (x, y, z) of which S is a level surface.

Compute ∇ffz
. How is ∇f
fz
related to ψx × ψy ?

(d) Show that the outward flux of a constant vector field F across S
is given by (F · n)A, where n is the outward unit normal vector
on S, and A is the surface area of S.

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Fall 2017 Discussion Set (Week 13) Calculus II

4. Let S be the torus obtained by revolving the circle (x − 2)2 + z 2 = 1, 7. Let S be the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = R2 , and
y = 0, around the z axis. x y z
F= p i+ p j+ p k.
(x2 + y 2 + z 2 )3 (x2 + y 2 + z 2 )3 (x2 + y 2 + z 2 )3
(a) What is the magitude and direction of F on S ?

(a) Find a smooth parametrization ϕ(α, θ) of S using two angles α

(red arrow) and θ (blue arrow).

(b) Show that the outward flux of F across S is 4π.

(b) Find the surface area of S.

(c) ˜
Given a vector field F, what is the orientation of the flux
S
F · kϕϕαα ×ϕθ
×ϕθ k
dS, inward or outward? 8. Let S be the surface defined by y 2 + z 2 = 1, z ≥ 0, and 0 ≤ x ≤ 1.
(The pink surface shown below.)

5. Let S be the surface cut from the bottom of the paraboloid z = x2 +y 2

by the plane z = 1.
(a) Find a smooth parametrization ϕ(u, v) of S such that ϕu × ϕv
points to the outside of the surface.

(a) Find a smooth parametrization ϕ(x, y) of S using the Cartesian

coordinates x and y.

(b) Find a smooth parametrization ψ(s, t) of S such that ψs × ψt

points to the inside of the surface.

(b) Using ϕ(x, y), find the surface area of S.

6. Let S be a surface. Show that if ϕ(u, v) = (x(u, v), y(u, v), z(u, v)) is (c) Compute ¨
a smooth parametrization of S, then sin x dy dz + yz dz dx + z 2 dx dy
S
∂(y, z) ∂(z, x) ∂(x, y)
ϕu × ϕv = i+ j+ k, where S is oriented outward.
∂(u, v) ∂(u, v) ∂(u, v)
 
∂(y, z) y yv
where = det u , etc., are Jacobians.
∂(u, v) zu zv