Assgn 8
Assgn 8
Example Sheet 8
Please attempt all the problems of this sheet. Please upload your solutions by Wednesday
17th June 23.00 JST. Random questions will be marked for credit.
(2) What does the following in terms of spherical polar coordinates (r, θ, φ) represent? Give
corresponding cartesian equation.
(a) φ = π, (b) ρ = sin(θ) sin(φ) (c) 1 ≤ ρ ≤ 2, ρ sin φ ≤ 1.
(3) Given a point P in R3 with cylindrical coordinate (r, θ, z) with r ≥ 0, θ ∈ [0, 2π),
z ∈ R what is the corresponding spherical polar coordinate (ρ, θ, φ) of P ? Compute the
Jacobian of thistranformation
from cylindrical coordinate to spherical polar coordinate.
a b c
(Note that det d e f = a(ei − f h) − b(di − f g) + c(dh − eg).)
g h i
RRR
(4) Use suitable change of variables to find the volume E
d(x, y, z) of the solid ellipsoid
x2 y 2 z 2
E enclosed by 2 + 2 + 2 = 1.
a b c
(5) Find the volume of the solid that lies under the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2 , above the
xy-plane, and inside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 2x.
p
(6) Find the volume of the solid that is enclosed by the cone z = x2 + y 2 and the sphere
x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 2.
RRR 2 2 2
(7) Evaluate E
xex +y +z d(x, y, z), where E is the portion of the unit ball x2 +y 2 +z 2 ≤
1 that lies in the first octant.
p
(8) Write down the equation of cone z = x2 + y 2 , sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = z in terms of
spherical polar coordinates. Find the volume of the solid that lies above the given cone
and below the given sphere.
(10) Use suitable parametrization for sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = a2 and use this to compute its
surface area.