Unit-4 Important Questions
Unit-4 Important Questions
LONG ANSWERS
1. Find the directional derivative of xyz 2 +xz at (1,1,1) in the direction of the normal to
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the surface 3 xy + y=z at (0,1,1).
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∇ 2 ( f ( r ) )=f ll ( r )+ f l ( r ).
2. Show that r
r
3
r xi yj zk and r r
3. Evaluate. r Where .
4. Find the angle of intersection of the spheres x2+y2+z2 =29 and x2+y2+z2 +4x-6y-8z-
47 =0 at the point (4,-3, 2).
5. Find the values of a and b so that the surfaces ax2-byz = (a+2) x and 4x2y+z3= 4 may
intersect orthogonally at the point (1, -1, 2).
n n
6. Prove that div ( r r ) = (n+3)r .
7. Find the directional derivative of (x,y,z) = x2yz+4xz2 at the point (1,-2,-1) in the
direction of the normal to the surface f(x,y,z) = x log z-y2 at (-1,2,1).
2 2 2
8. Show that the vector ( x yz )i ( y zx ) j ( z xy ) k is irrotational and find its
scalar potential
UNIT-IV
SHORT ANSWERS
1. Define the divergence of a vector point function
2. Find div (A×R) where A is the constant vector and R is the position vector
3. Prove that curl grad = 0.
4. Find curl(F) where F= grad(x3+y3+z3-3xyz)
5. Analyze the scalar potential
6. Find the normal vector to the surface z 2 =x2 − y 2 at (2,1,√ 3 )
7. Define Solenoidal vector
8. Find the Curl(r ) where r is the position vector
9. Find the greatest value of the directional derivative of the function f = x2yz3 at (2,1,-
1).
10. Find the normal vector to the surface z= x2+y2 at (-1, -2,5)
11. Define Irrotational vector.
12. Find the div(r ) where r is the position vector
2 2 2
13. If f = xy i 2 x yzj 3 yz k then find div f at (1, -1, 1)
14. Classify Solenoidal and irrotational vectors
15. Find a unit normal vector to the given surface x2y+2xz = 4 at the point (2, -2, 1)
16. Define the gradient of a scalar point function.