The University of Melbourne

Semester 1 Assessment 2015

School of Mathematics and Statistics
MAST20009 VECTOR CALCULUS
Reading Time: 15 minutes
Writing Time: 3 hours
Open Book Status: Closed book
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Instructions to Invigilators:
Script books only are required.
Instructions to Students:
This examination consists of ten questions.
All questions may be attempted.
Marks for each question are indicated on the paper.
The total number of marks is 100.
A formula sheet is provided separately for use in this examination.
Extra Materials Required: Formula sheet provided.

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1. Consider the function

2
3
y 2x ,
g(x, y) = x2 + 2y 2

0,

(x, y) = (0, 0)
(x, y) = (0, 0)

(a) Find the following limit if it exists or show that the limit does not exist
lim

(x,y)(0,0)

(b) Find the partial derivative

g(x, y)

g
for (x, y) = (0, 0).
x

g
at (x, y) = (0, 0).
x
(d) State the region in R2 where the function g(x, y) is C 1 and justify your
answer.
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(c) Using the definition of the partial derivative, calculate

2. Consider the function of two variables

f (x, y) = e2x cos y
(a) Find all of the first and second partial derivatives of f (x, y).
(b) Using part (a), determine the second order Taylor polynomial of f (x, y)
about the point (0, 3 ).
(c) Use Taylor expansions of a single variable to obtain the same result as in
part (b).
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3. (a) Using the method of Lagrange multipliers, find and classify all extrema of
the function
h(x, y) = 2x2 + 2xy + y 2
on the ellipse 2x2 + y 2 = 16.
(u, v, w)
(b) Find the Jacobian
of the change of variables
(x, y, z)
u = 5y,

v = 4x2 2yz,

w = yz

For what values of (x, y, z) is this transformation invertible?

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4. (a) Find the curvature of the space curve

$
t3 %
t3
r(t) = t + , t , t2
3
3
&
(b) If r = (x, y, z) = r r where r = |r| = x2 + y 2 + z 2 and |
r| = 1, use the
radial nabla identities satisfied by to calculate
f (r) = 2 log r,

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r>0
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5. Evaluate the line integral

'

y 2 dx + x2 dy along the following paths

(a) The parabola y = x2 from (0, 0) to (1, 1).

(b) The straight line segment C = C1 from (0, 0) to (1, 1).
(c) The path C = C2 + C3 consisting of two straight segments from (0, 0) to
(1, 0) and then (1, 1).
(d) The closed path C = C2 + C3 C1 .
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6. (a) By changing the order of integration evaluate the double integral
' 2' 4
J=
x exp(y 2) dy dx
0

x2

(b) By evaluating double integrals in polar coordinates, find the total mass M
and the coordinates (x, y) of the centre of mass of a thin uniform plate,
with constant mass density , in the shape of the quarter disk
D:

x2 + y 2 a2 ,

x, y 0,

a>0

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7. Let (r, ) be the polar coordinates in R2 and consider the vector field
&
( y x)
F = 2, 2 ,
r = x2 + y 2 > 0
r r
(a) Calculate F directly for r > 0.

(b) Using implicit dierentiation, or otherwise, show that F = where

= (x, y) is the polar angle. Hence deduce that F is irrotational in the
region R = R2 \{(0, 0)}.
(c) (i) Is the region R simply-connected? (ii) Is = (x, y) a C 1 scalar field
in R? (iii) On which regions of R2 is F conservative?
(d) Evaluate the path integral
'
F dr
C

where C is the anti-clockwise path around the circle r = 1 from = 0 to

= 3, that is, the path C consists of one and a half circuits.
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8. (a) State clearly Greens theorem in the plane and use it to show that the area
A of a region R in the xy plane, bounded by a simple closed curve C = R,
is given by
*
A=
x dy
C

(b) Use the result in part (a) to calculate the area of the ellipse given parametrically by
(x, y) = (a cos t, b sin t),
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9. (a) Use projection onto the xy-plane to evaluate the flux

''
A dS
S

of the vector field A = (y, x, 1) through that part S of the curved surface
of a cylinder given by
S:

y 2 + z 2 = 1,

0 x 3,

y 0,

z0

(b) Use a suitable integral theorem to evaluate the closed surface integral
''
F dS
S

where the vector field is F = (xy 2 + z, x2 y, y) and S is the surface of the

solid hemisphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 1 with z 0.
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10. (a) For cylindrical coordinates (, , z) given by
r = (x, y, z) = ( cos , sin , z)
find the scale factors h , h , hz and unit orthogonal vectors e , e , ez .
(b) Find the gradient f of f (, , z) = cos z 2 in cylindrical coordinates.

(c) By changing the integration variables to cylindrical coordinates, evaluate

the integral
'''
xyz dx dy dz
V

where the volume V is the solid quarter cylinder

V :

x2 + y 2 1,

0 z 1,

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x 0,

y0

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