Find the upward flux of the vector field F = ( e y cos z , x 4 + 1 sin z , π 3 ) through the surface S given by z = ( 1 − x 2 − y 2 ) e 1 − x 2 − y 2 and x 2 + y 2 ≤ 1 .
(from a recent test on vector calculus)
This section requires Javascript.
You are seeing this because something didn't load right. We suggest you, (a) try
refreshing the page, (b) enabling javascript if it is disabled on your browser and,
finally, (c)
loading the
non-javascript version of this page
. We're sorry about the hassle.
Very lucid and detailed explanation, as usual! Thank you!
I did not know that there is such a thing as F r e d u c e d ; I will add the term to my maths vocabulary ;) I learned this stuff mostly from Soviet textbooks; things were done a bit differently (but very well in their own way).
Log in to reply
Well see, I'm not a mathematician. So I just make up whatever I want :). Thanks
Log in to reply
You could have fooled me (not being a mathematician); I can't think of anybody on Brilliant who writes mathematics better than you do.
Interesting. That explains the earlier reference to Ostrogradsky
Log in to reply
I believe that Ostrogradsky was indeed the first to prove the theorem; that's what my Soviet textbook says ;)
Problem Loading...
Note Loading...
Set Loading...
Not nearly as painful as it looks, and a very clever question. Consider a closed surface formed by the given open surface, and the unit disk centered on the origin in the x y plane. From the divergence theorem:
∫ ∫ S F ⋅ n d S = ∫ ∫ ∫ V ∇ ⋅ F d V
Since F x does not contain x , F y does not contain y , and F z does not contain z , the divergence is zero. Therefore the net flux through the closed surface must be zero. A very useful consequence of this is that the fluxes through the unit disk and the defined surface must be equal and opposite. Consider a reduced F on the unit disk in the x y plane, as well as the outward-facing normal vector (relative to the overall closed surface):
F r e d u c e d = ( e y , 0 , π 3 ) n = ( 0 , 0 , − 1 ) ∫ ∫ unit disk F ⋅ n d S = ∫ ∫ u d − π 3 d S = − π 3 ∫ ∫ u d d S = − π 3 S = − π 3 π = − 3
Since the flux associated with the upper surface cancels this, it must be 3