SOLUTIONS TO HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT # 6

1. Find a parametric representation of the following surfaces:

(a) that part of the ellipsoid
_
x
a
_
2
+
_
y
b
_
2
+
_
z
c
_
2
= 1 with y 0, where a, b, c are
positive constants.
(b) that part of the elliptical paraboloid x + y
2
+ 2z
2
= 4 that lies in front of the
plane x = 0.
(c) that part of the surface z
2
= x
2
y
2
that lies in the rst octant.
Solution:
(a) A particular parametrization is
y = b
_
1
_
x
a
_
2

_
z
c
_
2
, where
_
x
a
_
2
+
_
z
c
_
2
1
(b) We must have 0 x 4. A particular parametrizatrion is
y =

4 x cos , z =

4 x

2
sin , where 0 x 4, 0 2.
(c) We must have x 0, y 0, z 0 and x y. A particular parametrization is
x = r cos , y = r sin , z = r

cos 2, 0 r < , 0 /4.

2. Find an equation of the tangent plane of the given parametric surfaces at the point
indicated:
(a) r = u
2
i + v
2
j + uvk, u = 1, v = 1.
(b) the surface that you get by rotating z = e
y
, 0 < y < , about the z-axis, at
the point
_
1
2
,

3
2
,
1
e
_
. Hint: polar coordinates.
Solution:
(a) r
u
= 2ui + vk = 2i + k, r
v
= 2vj + uk = 2j + k, and so r
u
r
v
= 2i 2j + 4k.
An equation of the tangent plane is therefore (x 1) (y 1) + 2(z 1) = 0, or
2z x y = 0.
(b) A particular parametrization is
x = cos , y = sin , z = e

, 0 < < , 0 2.
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The point (x, y, z) = (1/2,

3/2, e
1
) corresponds to = /3, = 1. Thus
r = cos i + sin j + e

k =
1
2
i +

3
2
j + e
1
k
r

= cos i + sin j e

k =
1
2
i +

3
2
j e
1
k
r

= sin i + cos j =

3
2
i +
1
2
j
r

=
1
2
e
1
i +

3
2
e
1
i +k
Thus the tangent plane is x +

3y + 2ez = 4, after some algebra.

3. Find the surface area of the following surfaces.
(a) The part of the surface z = 1 +3x +2y
2
that lies above the triangle with vertices
(0, 0), (0, 1), (2, 1).
(b) The spiral ramp r = ucos vi + usin vj + vk, 0 u 1, 0 v .
Solution:
(a) Let D = {(x, y) | 0 y 1, 0 x 2y}. Then the surface area is
S =
_ _
D
_
1 + 9 + 16y
2
dA =
_
y=1
y=0
_
x=2y
x=0
_
10 + 16y
2
dxdy
=
_
y=1
y=0
2y
_
10 + 16y
2
dy =
1
24
(10 + 16y
2
)
3/2

y=1
y=0
=
1
24
(26
3/2
10
3/2
)
(b)
r
u
= cos vi + sin vj
r
v
= usin vi + ucos vj +k
r
u
r
v
= sin vi cos vj + uk
|r
u
r
v
| =

1 + u
2
Therefore the surface area is
S =
_
v=
v=0
_
u=1
u=0

1 + u
2
dudv =
_
u=1
u=0

1 + u
2
du
=

2
_
u

u
2
+ 1 + ln(u +

u
2
+ 1)
_

u=1
u=0
=

2
(

2 + ln(1 +

2))
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4. Evaluate the following surface integrals.
(a)
_ _
S
yzdS, where S is the rst octant part of the plane x + y + z = , where
is a positive constant.
(b)
_ _
S
(x
2
z + y
2
z)dS, where S is the hemisphere x
2
+ y
2
+ z
2
= a
2
, z 0.
Solution:
(a)
_ _
S
yzdS =
_
y=
y=0
_
x=y
x=0
y( x y)

3dxdy
=

3
_
y=
y=0
_
y( y)
2
y
( y)
2
2
_
dy
=

3
2
_
y=
y=0
y( y)
2
dy =

3
2
_
y=
y=0
_
y
2
2y
2
+ y
3
_
dy
=

3
2
_

4
2

2
4
3
+

4
4
_
=

3
4
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(b) We use spherical coordinates to evaluate this integral.
_ _
S
(x
2
z + y
2
z)dS =
_
=2
=0
_
=/2
=0
(a
2
sin
2
)(a cos )(a
2
sin )dd
= 2a
5
_
=/2
=0
sin
3
cos d = 2a
5
sin
4

=/2
=0
=
a
5
2
5. Let S be the surface you get by rotating the circle (xa)
2
+z
2
= b
2
, where 0 < b < a,
about the z-axis.
(a) Sketch the surface S.
(b) Find a parametric representation of S.
(c) Find the unit outward normal at every point of S.
Solution:
(a) This surface is a torus. For a sketch see question # 56 on page 1145.
(b) Using the angles , from page 1145 we see that a parametrization is
x = (a + b cos ) cos , y = (a + b cos ) sin , z = b sin
(c) The position vector for a point on the torus is
r = xi + yj + zk = (a + b cos ) cos i + (a + b cos ) sin j + b sin k
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Therefore
r

= (a + b cos ) sin i + (a + b cos ) cos j

r

= b sin cos i b sin sin j + b cos k

r

= (a + b cos ) (b cos cos i + b sin cos j + b sin k)

r

|r

|
= cos cos i + sin cos j + sin k
Putting = 0, = 0 gives
r

|r

|
= i, the unit outward normal at this point.
Therefore the outward unit normal is n = cos cos i + sin cos j + sin k.
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