National Institute of Technology Calicut

Department of Mathematics
MA1011E - Mathematics-I
Winter Semester 2024-2025 Tutorial - IV
Topics: Parametric representation of surfaces, Smooth surface, area,
surface area differential, tangent planes to parametric surfaces, Orientation,
flux, Moments and Masses, Gauss’ divergence theorem, Relative orientation
of curves and surfaces, Stokes’ theorem.

1. Express the area of the given surface as an iterated double integral, and then find the
surface area.

(a) The portion of the plane 2x + 2y + z = 8 in the first octant.

(b) The portion of the cone z 2 = 4x2 + 4y 2 that is above the region in the first quadrant
bounded by the line y = x and the parabola y = x2 .

2. Express the area of the given surface as an iterated double integral in polar coordinates,
and then find the surface area.
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(a) The portion of the cone z = x2 + y 2 that lies inside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 2x.
(b) The portion of the surface
√ z = xy that is above the sector in the first quadrant bounded
by the lines y = x/ 3, y = 0, and the circle x2 + y 2 = 9.

3. (a) Find parametric equations for the portion of the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 5 that extends
between the planes z = 0 and z = 1.
(b) Find parametric equations for the portion of the plane y − 2z = 5 that extends between
the planes x = 0 and x = 3.

4. (a) Find parametric equations for the surface generated by revolving the curve y = sin x
about the x-axis.
(b) Find parametric equations for the surface generated by revolving the curve y − ex = 0
about the x-axis.

5. Find a parametric representation of the surface in terms of the parameters r and θ ,

where (r, θ, z) are the cylindrical coordinates of a point on the surface.
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(a) z = 1+x2 +y 2

(b) z = x2 − y 2

6. Find the equation of the tangent plane to the parametric surface at the stated point.

(a) x = u, y = v, z = u2 + v 2 ; (1, 2, 5)
(b) r = uvi + uev j + veu k; u = ln 2, v = 0

7. Find the area of the given surface.

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(a) The portion of the paraboloid r(u, v) = u cos vi + u sin vj + u2 k for which 1 ≤ u ≤ 2,
0 ≤ v ≤ 2π.
(b) The portion of the cone r(u, v) = u cos vi + u sin vj + uk for which 0 ≤ u ≤ 2v,
0 ≤ v ≤ π/2.
8. (a) Find the area of the surface cut from the paraboloid x2 + y 2 − z = 0 by the plane z = 2.
2
√ of the surface x − 2z = 0 that lies above the triangle
(b) Find the area of the portion
bounded by the lines x = 3, y = 0 and y=x in the xy-plane.
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9. Evaluate the surface integral σ f (x, y, z) dS
(a) f (x, y, z) = (x2 + y 2 )z; σ is the portion of sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 4 above the plane z = 1.
(b) f (x, y, z) = x + y + z; σ is the surface of the cube defined by the inequalities 0 ≤ x ≤
1, 0 ≤ y ≤ 1, 0 ≤ z ≤ 1. [Hint: Integrate over each face separately.]
10. Find the mass of the lamina with constant density δ0 .
(a) The lamina that is the portion of the circular cylinder x2 + z 2 = 4 that lies directly
above the rectangle R = {(x, y) : 0 ≤ x ≤ 1, 0 ≤ y ≤ 4} in the xy-plane.
(b) The lamina that is the portion of the paraboloid 2z = x2 + y 2 inside the cylinder
x2 + y 2 = 8.
11. (a) Find the mass of the lamina that is the portion of the surface y 2 = 4 − z between the
planes x = 0, x = 3, y = 0, and y = 3 if the density is δ(x, y, z) = y.
(b) Show that if the density of the lamina x2 + y 2 + z 2 = a2 at each point is equal to the
distance between that point and the xy-plane, then the mass of the lamina is 2πa3 .
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12. Evaluate the integral σ f (x, y, z) dS over the surface σ represented by r(u, v).
x2 +z 2
(a) f (x, y, z) = y
; r(u, v) = 2 cos vi + uj + 2 sin vk(1 ≤ u ≤ 3, 0 ≤ v ≤ 2π)
(b) f (x, y, z) = √ 1
; r(u, v) = u cos vi + u sin vj + u2 k(0 ≤ u ≤ sin v, 0 ≤ v ≤ π)
1+4x2 +4y 2

13. (a) Find the flux of F(x, y, z) = 2i + 3j through a disk of radius 5 in the plane y = 3
oriented in the direction of increasing y.
(b) Find the flux of F across the surface σ by expressing σ parametrically
p where F(x, y, z) =
2 2
i + j + k and the surface σ is the portion of the cone z = x + y between the planes
z = 1 and z = 2, oriented by downward unit normals
14. Let x, y and z be measured in meters, and suppose that F(x, y, z) = 2xi − 3yj + zk
is the velocity vector (in m/s) of a fluid particle at the point (x, y, z) in a steady-state
incompressible fluid flow.

(a) Find the net volume of fluid that passes in the upward direction through the portion
of the plane x + y + z = 1 in the first octant in 1 s.
(b) Assuming that the fluid has a mass density of 806 kg/m3 , find the net mass of fluid
that passes in the upward direction through the surface in part (a) in 1 s.

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15. (a) Integrate G(x, y, z) = z − x over the portion of the graph of z = x + y 2 above the
triangle in the xy-plane having vertices (0, 0, 0), (1, 1, 0) and (0, 1, 0).
(b) Integrate G(x, y, z) = x over the surface given by z = x2 +y for 0 ≤ x ≤ 1, −1 ≤ y ≤ 1.
16. Find the center of mass and the moment of inertia about the z-axis of a thin shell of
constant density δ cut from the cone x2 + y 2 − z 2 = 0 by the planes z = 1 and z = 2.
17. Find the moment of inertia about the z-axis of a thin shell of constant density δ cut
from the cone 4x2 + 4y 2 − z 2 = 0, z ≥ 0, by the circular cylinder x2 + y 2 = 2x
18. (a) Verify the Divergence Theorem for F (x, y, z) = xi + yj + zk where σ is the surface of
the cube bounded by the planes x = 0, x = 1, y = 0, y = 1, z = 0, z = 1.
(b) Verify the Divergence Theorem for F (x, y, z) = 5j + 7k where σ is the spherical surface
x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1.
19. (a) Use the Divergence Theorem to find the flux of F (x, y, z) = (x2 + y)i + z 2 j + (ey − z)k
across σ which is the surface of the rectangular solid bounded by the coordinate planes
and the planes x = 3, y = 1, and z = 2, with outward orientation.
(b) Use the Divergence Theorem to find the flux of F (x, y, z) = xi + yj + zk across σ which
is the surface of the solid bounded by the paraboloid z = 1 − x2 − y 2 and the xy-plane,
with outward orientation.
20. Prove the following identities assuming that F, σ, and G satisfy the hypotheses of
the Divergence Theorem and that all necessary differentiability requirements for the
functions f (x, y, z) and g(x, y, z) are met.
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(a) σ curl F · n dS = 0
∂2f ∂2f ∂2f
RR RRR 2 2
(b) σ ∇f · n dS = G
∇ f dV , where ∇ f = ∂x 2 + ∂y 2 + ∂z 2
RR RRR
(c) σ (f ∇g − g∇f ) · n dS = G
(f ∇2 g − g∇2 f ) dV (Hint: Interchange f and g in (c))
21. Verify Formula in Stokes’ Theorem by evaluating the line integral and the surface
integral. Assume that the surface has an upward orientation.

(a) F(x, y, z) = (x − y)i + (y − z)j + (z − x)k; σ is the portion of the plane x + y + z = 1

in the first octant.
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(b) F(x, y, z) = x2 i + y 2 j + z 2 k; σ is the portion of the cone z = x2 + y 2 below the plane
z = 1.
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z = a2 − x 2 − y 2 .
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22. Use Stokes’ Theorem to evaluate C F · dr
(a) F(x, y, z) = z 2 i + 2xj − y 3 k; C is the circle x2 + y 2 = 1 in the xy-plane with
counterclockwise orientation looking down the positive z-axis.
(b) F(x, y, z) = −3y 2 i + 4zj + 6xk; C is the triangle in the plane z = 21 y with vertices (2, 0,
0), (0, 2, 1) and (0, 0, 0) with a counterclockwise orientation looking down the positive
z-axis.

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23. Let F(x, y) = yi − 2xj

(a) Find a nonzero function h(x) such that h(x)F(x, y) is a conservative vector field.
(b) Find a nonzero function g(y) such that g(y)F(x, y) is a conservative vector field.

24. Find a vector field with twice-differentiable components whose curl is xi + yj + zk or

prove that no such field exists.

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