Denis Turcu

Math 136

Pset 3
Problem 1
(i) Use sin 0 = 0, cos 0 = 1, sin 2 = 0, cos 2 = 1, sin = 0, cos = 1.
f (0, v) = (sin 0 + v sin 0 sin 0, cos 0 + v sin 0 cos 0, v cos 0) = (0, 1, v);
f (2, v) = (sin 2 v sin sin 2, cos 2 v sin cos 2, v cos ) = (0, 1, v).
(ii) Compute the partial derivatives:

f
v
u
u
v
u
u
v
u
= cos u + cos sin u + v sin cos u, sin u + cos cos u v sin sin u, sin
;
u
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
 u
f
u
u
= sin cos u, sin cos u, cos
.
v
2
2
2


~k
~i
~j

f f
v
u
u
v
u
u
v

=  cos u + 2 cos 2 sin u + v sin 2 cos u sin u + 2 cos 2 cos u v sin 2 sin u 2 sin u2
u v 
sin u2 cos u
sin u2 cos u
cos u2
But

f
(0, 0)
u

f
u
f
u

f
(2, 0)
u

= (1, 0, 0);

f
(0, 0) = (0, 1, 0)
v
f
(2, 0) = (0, 1, 0)
v

However, since =

f
f
u
v
f
k u f
k
v

f
(0, 0)
v

= (0, 0, 1);

f
(2, 0)
v

= (0, 0, 1). Then:

f
f
f
f

(0, 0) 6=

(2, 0).
u v
u v

(0, 0) = (0, 1, 0) 6= (0, 1, 0) = (2, 0), but

f (0, 0) = f (2, 0) so maps the same point to at least two different targets, so it
is not a map (at the same point in space, there are more vectors that would describe
the vector field, which cannot be the case).

Problem 2
(i) Using Mathematica:

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(ii)

f
y

gij

= (sinh x cos y, sinh x sin y, 1)

= ( cosh x sin y, cosh x cos y, 0)
!

f f
f f

x x
x y
=
f f
f f

y x
y y
ij

2
2
y

= cosh2 x
g11 = sinh x(cos + sin y) + 1
g12 = g21 = sinh x cosh x cos y sin y + sinh x sin y cosh x cos y + 0 = 0

2
2
2
2
g22 = cosh x(sin y + cos y) + 0
= cosh x


cosh2 x
0
gij =

0
cosh2 x
ds2 = cosh2 xdx2 + cosh2 xdy 2 .
(iii) Let x, y U . Then: ~ (x, y) =

f
f
x
y
f
k x f
k
y



~i
~j

f f

=  sinh x cos y sinh x sin y

x y 
cosh x sin y cosh x cos y
k

~k
1
0




 = ( cosh x cos y, cosh x sin y, sinh x cosh x)



p
f
f

k = cosh2 x + sinh2 x cosh2 x = cosh2 x

x y


cos y
sin y
~ (x, y) =
,
, tanh x .
cosh x cosh x

While the interpretation of the first two components is a rotation around an axis of the
1
| which is perpendicular to the polar
sphere, which covers every circle of radius | cosh
x
axis, the last components never reaches 1 or 1 as tanh : R (1, 1), which means
that the poles are not touched by the Gauss map. This can be also inferred from the
1
fact that the radius | cosh
| never reaches 0. Therefore:
x


p
 1 
2
2
2

}.
=(~ (t )) = {p S | p = (a1 , a2 , a3 ), a1 + a2 
cosh t 
Then the set mentioned, {p S 2 | t p
/ ~ (t )}, is the set containing the two poles
of a sphere in given coordinates: {(0, 0, 1), (0, 0, 1)}.
(iv) Computing the second order derivatives we get:
2f
= (cosh x cos y, cosh x sin y, 0)
x2
2f
= ( cosh x cos y, cosh x sin y, 0)
y 2
2f
= ( cosh x cos y, cosh x sin y, 0)
x y
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Now we have:
L11
L12 = L21
L22



cos y cosh x cos y sin y cosh x sin y
2f
= 1
= n, 2 =
x
cosh x


2f
cos y cosh x sin y sin y cosh x cos y
= n,
=
=0
x y
cosh x


2f
cos y cosh x cos y + sin y cosh x sin y
= n, 2 =
=1
y
cosh x

Then:


(L)ij =

1 0
0 1


.

Problem 3
Let U R2 . Consider an isomorphism, C such that 1 C , : U U . Then

f
U U R3 . By previous homework and book we have g = (D)T g D. By class notes
we have du1 du2 = det(D)d
u1 d
u2 . Then:
Z
Z
p
dA = ( f ) det(
g )d
u1 d
u2 =

f (Q)
Q
Z
p
1
=
( f ) det((D)T g D)
du1 du2 =
det(D)

(Q)
Z
p
1
= ( f ) det((D)T ) det(g) det(D)
du1 du2 =
det(D)
Q
Z
p
| det(D)|
det(D)>0
= ( f )
det(g)du1 du2
=
det(D)
Q
Z
p
= ( f ) det(g)du1 du2 .
Q

If is orientation preserving, thendet(D) > 0. Therefore,

parametrization.

R
S

dA is independent of oriented

Problem 4
Similarly to the previous problem, define U with . Now for the two parametrizations, we
have:

f
f
1 u2

(u1 , u2 ) = u
k f1 f2 k
u
u
.
(f )
(f )

1
2
u

u
2
(
u , u ) = (f ) (f )
k

u
1

u
2

It is clear that k(u1 , u2 )k = k(

u1 , u2 )k = 1 so it suffices to show that
f
f
(f ) (f )
2 =C

1
u
u
u1
u2
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for some constant C > 0. But we have:

(
(f )
f
= u
1
u
1
(f )
f
= u1
u
2

1
u
1
1
u
2

+
+

f
u2
f
u2

2
u
1
2
u
2

where (a, b) = (1 (a, b), 2 (a, b)) (for our particular case of U R2 ) , then uji s are all
scalars. Computing the cross product we get:
 


(f ) (f )
f 1
f 1
f 2
f 2

u1
u2
u1 u1 u2 u1
u1 u2 u2 u2
Note that

f
u1

f
u1

f
f
f
f
= 0 and u
1 u2 = u2 u1 . Then:


(f ) (f )
1 2 2 1 f
f

=
1 2
2.
1
2
1
2
1
u
u
u u
u u
u
u

f
u2

f
u2

2 1
1 2

= det(D) > 0 (orientation preserving parametrization), then we can
But
u
1 u
2
u
1 u
2
1
set C = det(D)
> 0.


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