Compute where is the counterclockwise-oriented boundary of upper-half unit disk
If this value is equal to where and are coprime positive integers, submit your answer as
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The vector field in the above integral is F ( x , y ) = ( y 2 , 3 x y ) . We can compute this integral using Green's theorem to convert the line integral into a double integral. The integrand of the double integral must be ∂ x ∂ F 2 − ∂ y ∂ F 1 = 3 y − 2 y = y .
Since the line integral was over the boundary of the half disk, the region of integration for the double integral is the half-disk D itself. (Since C was oriented counterclockwise, the orientation matches; otherwise, we would have had to multiple by negative one to get the correct sign.) The region D is described by − 1 ≤ x ≤ 1 , 0 ≤ y ≤ 1 − x 2 .
Therefore, by Green's Theorem, ∮ C y 2 d x + 3 x y d y = ∬ D ( ∂ x ∂ F 2 − ∂ y ∂ F 1 ) d A = ∬ D y d A = ∫ − 1 1 ∫ 0 1 − x 2 y d y d x = ∫ − 1 1 ( 2 y 2 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ y = 0 y = 1 − x 2 ) d x = ∫ − 1 1 2 1 − x 2 d x = 2 x − 6 x 3 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ − 1 1 = 3 2 .
Hence, the answer is 2 + 3 = 5 .