SCHOOL OF BASIC SCIENCES

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BHUBANESWAR

Mathematics-I (MA1L001)
Assignment 6 (Line Integrals, Surface Integrals, Green’s, Gauss-divergence
and Stoke’s Theorems)

Evaluate C (2x + x2 y)ds , where C is the upper half of the unit circle x2 + y 2 = 1.
R
(1)
Evaluate C 2xds , where C consists of the arc C1 of the parabola y = x2 from (0, 0) to (1, 1)
R
(2)
followed by the vertical line segment C2 from (1, 1) to (1, 2).
Evaluate C y 2 dx + xdy , where (a) C = C1 is the line segment from (−5, −3) to (0, 2) and
R
(3)
(b) C = C2 is the arc of the parabola x = 4 − y 2 from (−5, −3) to (0, 2).
R
(4) Evaluate C y sin z ds , where C is the circular helix given by the equations x = cos t y = sin t,
z = t and 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π.
(5) Determine whether or not the vector field F(x, y) = (x − y)i + (x − 2)j is conservative.
(6) Evaluate C x4 dx + xy dy , where C is the triangular curve consisting of the line segments
R

from (0, 0) to (1, 0), from (1, 0) to (0, 1), and from (0, 1) to (0, 0).
(7) Evaluate C y 2 dx + 3xy dy , where C is the boundary of the semi-annular region D in the
R

upper half-plan between the circles x2 + y 2 = 1 and x2 + y 2 = 4.

(8) If F(x, y) = x2−y x
R
+y 2 i + x2 +y 2 j, show that C F.dr = 2π , for every simple closed path C that
encloses the origin.
(9) Consider the vector field u = (−z, 0, x) and the following three paths from (0, 0, 0) to (1, 1, 1).
• C1 is just a straight line.
• C2 is given by (x, y, z) = (t, t2 , t3 ) for 0 ≤ t ≤ 1.
• C3 is given
R by (x, y, z) = R(sin(θ), 2θ/π, 1 − cos(θ))
R for 0 ≤ θ ≤ π/2.
Write I1 = C1 u.dr and I2 = C2 u.dr and I3 = C3 u.dr.
(a) Would you expect I1 , I2 and I3 to be the same? Why?
(b) Calculate I1 , I2 and I3 , and check your answer to (a).
(10) Let C be the verticalRcircle given by y = a sin(t) and z = a cos(t) with x = 0. Use Stokes’s
Theorem to evaluate C (x2 y, z, 0).dr. Check your answer by calculating the integral directly.

(11) Consider points

P = (0, 0, c) Q = (a, 0, c) R = (a, b, c).
Let C be the triangularR path that goes from P to Q to R and back to P . Use Stokes’s
Theorem to evaluate C (yz 2 , x3 , xy 2 ).dr.
RR
(12) Evaluate S F.dS, where F = (y, x, z) and S is the boundary of the solid region E enclosed
by paraboloid z = 1 − x2 − y 2 and the plane z = 0.
Compute the surface integral S x2 dS, where S is the unite sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1.
RR
(13)
Evaluate C F.dr, where F = (−y 2 , x, z 2 ) and C is the curve of the intersection of the plane
R
(14)
y + z = 2 and the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 1 unite sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1. (Orient C to be
counter-clockwise when viewed from above.)
RR
(15) Use Stokes’ theorem to compute S (∇ × F).dS, where F = (yz, xz, xy) and S is the part of
the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 4 that lies inside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 1 and above the xy-plane.

1
2

(16) Use the Divergence Theorem to evaluate S F.dA, where F = (y 2 x, z 2 y, x2 z) and S is the
RR

surface of the sphere of radius a centred atIthe origin.

(17) Verify Green’s theorem on the plane for (x2 − 2xy)dx + (x2 y + 3)dy, where C is the
C
boundary of the region bounded by the curves y 2 = 8x and x = 2.
I
(18) Show that the line integral (3x2 z)dx + (z 2 )dy + (x3 + 2yz)dz = 0, along any simple closed
C
curve C, by applying Stoke’s Theorem.
(19) Using the Divergence theorem evaluate the outward flux of the vector field F(x, y, z) =
(x + z 2 )i + (xz + y 2 )j + (zx − y)k over the solid region enclosed by the surfaces z = 1 − x2 , z =
0, y = 0, and z + y = 5.
(20) Compute the surface area of that part of the cone x2 + y 2 = z 2 which is cut by the cylinder
x2 + y 2 = 2ax.
I 3  3 
y x 2
(21) Verify Green’s theorem for dx + + xy dy, where Γ is the region in the first
Γ 3 3
quadrant bounded by the curves y = x2 and x = y 2 .
(22) Verify both forms of Greens theorem for vector field F = x cosh y i + x2 sinh y j and the
region R : x2 ≤ y ≤ x.
I  
(23) Evaluate the integral ∇ × F⃗ .n̂ dS, where F(x, y, z) = (x + y)i + (y + z)j + (z + x)k
S p
and S is the portion of the cone z = x2 + y 2 for x2 + y 2 ≤ 4.
I
(24) Use divergence theorem to evaluate the surface integral F.n dS, where F(x, y, z) = 2x3 i+
S
3y 3 j + z 3 k and S is the surface of the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 9.
(25) Verify Stoke’s theorem for the vector field F(x, y, z) = (2x − y)i − yz 2 j − y 2 zk, where S is
upper half surface of the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1.
(26) Verify the Divergence theorem for the vector field F(x, y, z) = 2x2 yi − y 2 j + 4xz 2 k, over the
region in the first octant bounded by the cylinder y 2 + z 2 = 9 and the plane x = 2.
(27) Verify Stokes theorem for the vector field, F(x, y, z) = y 2 i + xy j − 2xz k, and the surface
S is the hemisphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = a2 , z ≥ 0.
(28) Using Divergence theorem calculate the outward flux of F(x, y, z) = 2xz i − xy j − z 2 k
across the boundary of the region D given by the wedge cut from the first octant by the
plane y + z = 4 and the elliptical cylinder 4x2 + Ry 2 = 16.
(29) Let F = (3x2 + 6y)i − 14yzj + 20xz 2 k. Evaluate C F · dr from (0, 0, 0) to (1, 1, 1) along the
following paths C: (a) x = t, y = t2 , z = t3 .
(b) the straight lines from (0, 0, 0) to (1, 0, 0), then to (1, 1, 0) and then to (1, 1, 1).
(c) the straight line joining (0, 0, 0) and (1, 1, 1).

(30) Suppose F = −3x2 i+5xyj. Evaluate C F·dr, where C is the curve in the xy-plane, y = 2x2
R

from (0, 0) to (1, 2).

(31) Suppose a force field is given by

F = (2x − y + z)i + (x + y − z 2 )j + (3x − 2y + 4z)k.

Find the work done in moving a particle once around a circle C in the xy-plane with its
center at the origin and radius 3.
 3

(32) (a) Suppose F = ∇ϕ, where ϕ is single-valued and has continuous partial derivatives. Show
that the work done in moving a particle from one point P1 = (x1 , y1 , z1 ) in this field to
another point P2 = (x2 , y2 , zR2 ) is independent of the path joining the two points.
(b) Conversely, suppose C F · dr is independent of the path C joining any two points.
Show that there exists a function ϕ such that F = ∇ϕ.

(33) (a) Suppose F is a conservative field. Prove that curl F = ∇ × F = 0.

(b) Conversely, if ∇ × F = 0, prove that F is conservative.
RR
(34) Evaluate S
F·ndS, where F = 18zi−12j+3yk and S is that part of the plane 2x+3y+6z =
12 which is located in the first octant.
RR
(35) Suppose F = yi + (x − 2xz)j − xyk. Evaluate S
(∇ × F) · n dS, where S is the surface of
the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = a2 above the xy-plane.

(36) Let F = 4xzi − y 2 j + yzk. Evaluate

RR
S
F · n dS, where S is the surface of the cube bounded
by x = 0, x = 1, y = 0, y = 1, z = 0 and z = 1.

(37) Verify Green’s Theorem in the plane for C (3x2 − 8y 2 )dx + (4y − 6xy)dy, where C is the
H
√
boundary of the region defined by (a) y = x, y = x2 ; (b) x = 0, y = 0, x + y = 1.

(38) Verify the Gauss’s divergence theorem for F = 4xi−2y 2 j+z 2 k taken over the region bounded
by x2 + y 2 = 4, z = 0 and z = 3.

(39) Verify Stoke’s theorem for F = (2x − y)i − yz 2 j − y 2 zk, where S is the upper half sphere
of the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1 and C is its boundary. Let R be the projection of S on the
xy-plane.
H
(40) Prove that a necessary and sufficient condition that C F · dr = 0 for every closed curve C
is that ∇ × F = 0 identically.