Green's Theorem #3

Calculus Level 3

Compute C y 2 d x + 3 x y d y \oint_C y^2 \, dx + 3xy \, dy where C C is the counterclockwise-oriented boundary of upper-half unit disk D . D.

If this value is equal to A B , \dfrac AB, where A A and B B are coprime positive integers, submit your answer as A + B . A+B.


The answer is 5.

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The vector field in the above integral is F ( x , y ) = ( y 2 , 3 x y ) F(x,y)= (y^2, 3xy) . 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 F 2 x F 1 y = 3 y 2 y = y . \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial{F_2}}{\partial{x}} -\frac{\partial{F_1}}{\partial{y}} = 3y -2y = y .\end{aligned}

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 . \begin{aligned} -1 \le x \le 1,\\ 0 \le y \le \sqrt{1-x^2}.\end{aligned}

Therefore, by Green's Theorem, C y 2 d x + 3 x y d y = D ( F 2 x F 1 y ) d A = D y d A = 1 1 0 1 x 2 y d y d x = 1 1 ( y 2 2 y = 0 y = 1 x 2 ) d x = 1 1 1 x 2 2 d x = x 2 x 3 6 1 1 = 2 3 . \begin{aligned} \oint_C y^2 dx + 3xy\, dy & = \iint_D \left(\frac{\partial{F_2}}{\partial{x}} -\frac{\partial{F_1}}{\partial{y}}\right)dA\\ &= \iint_D y dA\\ &= \int_{-1}^1 \int_0^{\sqrt{1-x^2}} y\, dy \, dx\\ &= \int_{-1}^1 \left( \left.\frac{y^2}{2} \right|_{y=0}^{y=\sqrt{1-x^2}}\right) dx\\ &= \int_{-1}^1 \frac{1-x^2}{2} dx\\ &= \frac{x}{2} - \left.\left.\frac{x^3}{6} \right|_{-1}^1\right. = \frac{2}{3}. \end{aligned}

Hence, the answer is 2 + 3 = 5. 2+3=5.

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