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Linear Algebra.
Vector Calculus
Part B p1
CHAPTER
9.1
Section 9.1 p3
Inengineering,physics,mathematics,andotherareaswe
encountertwokindsofquantities.
Scalar quantitydeterminedbyitsmagnitudeonly.It
takesonanumericalvalue,i.e.,anumber.Examples:
time,temperature,length,distance,speed,density,
energy,andvoltage.
Vector quantitythathasbothmagnitudeanddirection.
Itcanberepresentedbyanarroworadirectedline
segment.Example:avelocityvectorhaslengthor
magnitude,whichisspeed,anddirection,which
indicatesthedirectionofmotion.
Section 9.1 p4
Denotevectorsbylowercaseboldfacelettersa,b,
v,etc.Inhandwritingyoumayusearrows,for
dv
F
dt
vectorformfullyexpresses
NewtonsLaw
M
dv
F
dt
Fig. 164. Force and velocity
Section 9.1 p5
Example:thetranslationvector(displacementwithout
rotation)ofthetriangleinFig.165,wheretheinitialpoint
Pofthevectoraistheoriginalpositionofapoint,and
theterminalpointQistheterminalpositionofthatpoint,
itspositionafterthetranslation.
Section 9.1 p6
Geometric Representation
Avector(arrow)hasatail,calleditsinitialpoint,anda
tip,calleditsterminalpoint.
Thelength ofthearrowequalsthedistancebetween
initialpointPandterminalpointQ.
Thelength(ormagnitude)ofthevectoraandisdenoted
by|a|.Anothernameforlengthisnorm(orEuclidean
norm).
Avectoroflength1iscalledaunitvector.
Equality of Vectors
Vectorisdefinedbyitslength(i.e.,magnitude)anddirection
only.Hence,
twovectorsaandbareequal,writtena=b,iftheyhavethe
samelengthandsamedirection.
avectorcanbearbitrarilytranslated;i.e.,itsinitialpointcan
bechosenarbitrarily.
Q:(x2,y2)
a2 =y2 y1
P:(x1,y1)
a1 =x2 x1
a2
O:(0,0)
a1
A:(a1,a2)
x
Only thecoordinatedifferencesmatterindefiningvector
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a3
a
a
a1
a2
Thelength|a|ofacanbereadilyexpressedas
2
2
2
a
a
.
(2)
1
2
3
Section 9.1 p12
Theorem 1
VectorsasOrdered TriplesofRealNumbers
GivenafixedCartesiancoordinatesystem,eachvectoris
uniquelydeterminedbyitsorderedtripleofcorresponding
components.Conversely,toeachorderedtripleofrealnumbers
(a1,a2,a3)therecorrespondspreciselyonevectora=[a1,a2,a3].
Note:
(0,0,0)correspondingtothezerovector0,whichhaslength0
andnodirection.
Avectorequationa=bisequivalenttothethreeequations
a1 =b1,a2 =b2,a3 =b3
forthecomponents.
Section 9.1 p13
Definition
Addition of Vectors
Thesuma+boftwovectorsa=[a1,a2,a3]andb=[b1,b2,b3]is
obtainedbyaddingthecorrespondingcomponents,
(3)
Geometrically,placinginitialpointofb attheterminalpoint
ofa, thena+b isthevectordrawnfromtheinitialpointofa
totheterminalpointofb.
Equation(3)amountstoAlgebraicwayofvector
addition:
AlgebraicwayandtheGeometricwayofvector
additiongivethesamevector.
Thisisalsocalledtheparallelogramlawofvector
addition
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PositionvectorrofapointA:(x,y,z)isthevectorwiththe
origin(0,0,0)astheinitialpointandAastheterminal
point,i.e.,r=[x,y,z].
Note:givenpositionvectorp andq,
paqaqp
withp=[x1,y1,z1]
and q=[x2,y2,z2],
a=[a1,a2,a3],
thena1 =x2 x1,
a2 =y2 y1,
P
p
x
q
y
Forforces,additionbyparallelogramlawyieldsthe
resultantoftwoforcesandreadilysolvesthepulley
probleminFig.171.
M1
M2
M3
BasicPropertiesofVectorAddition.Familiarlawsforreal
numbersgiveimmediately
(a) a b b a (Commutativity)
(b)( u v ) w u ( v w) (Associativity )
(4)
(c)a 0 0 a a
(d) a ( a ) 0.
Remarks:
Properties(a)and(b)areverifiedgeometricallyinFigs.173
and174.
In(4b)wemaysimplywriteu+v+w,andsimilarlyfor
sumsofmorethanthreevectors.
Here,adenotesthevectorwiththesamelengthasa butin
oppositedirection.(SeeScalarMultiplicationlater)
Section 9.1 p18
Definition
Scalar Multiplication (Multiplication by a Number)
Theproductcaofanyvectora=[a1,a2,a3]andanyscalarc
(realnumberc)isthevectorobtainedbymultiplyingeach
componentofabyc,
(5)
ca=[ca1,ca2,ca3]
Geometrically(SeeFig.175.),ifa0,
Vector cahassamedirectionasawithc>0and
oppositedirectiontoawithc<0
Thelengthofvectorcais|ca| = |c||a|
Also,
Ifa=0 orc =0(orboth),thenvector
ca = 0.
Fig. 175. Scalar multiplication
Section 9.1 p20
BasicPropertiesofScalarMultiplication.Fromthe
definitionsweobtaindirectly
(a)c(a b) ca cb
(b)(c k )a ca ka
(6)
(c)c( ka ) ( ck )a (writtencka )
(d) 1a a.
UnitVectorsi,j,k.
Upondefinitionofvectoradditionandscalarmultiplication,
anotherwayofexpressingavectora=[a1,a2,a3]is
(8)
a=a1i+a2j+a3k.
Here,i,j,kareunitvectorsinthepositivedirectionsofthe
axesofaCartesiancoordinatesystem(Fig.177):
(9)
i =[1,0,0],
j=[0,1,0],
k=[0,0,1]
(Therightsideof(8)isasumofthreevectorsparalleltothe
threeaxes.)
Vector Space R3
Allthevectorsa=[a1,a2,a3]=a1i+a2j+a3k(withreal
numbersascomponents)formtherealvectorspaceR3
withthetwoalgebraicoperationsofvectoradditionand
scalarmultiplicationjustdefined.
R3 hasdimension3.
Thetripleofvectorsi,j,kiscalledastandardbasisof
R3.GivenaCartesiancoordinatesystem,the
representation(8)ofagivenvectorisunique.
(YouwilllearnalltheseunderthetopicsofLinearAlgebra)
9.2
General Properties
Theinnerproductordotproduct:
amultiplicationoftwovectorssuchthattheoutcomeis
ascalar.Itishencealsocalledscalarproduct.
motivatedbycalculatingworkdonebyaconstant
force,determiningcomponentsofforces,andother
applications.
Definition
Inner Product (Dot Product) of Vectors
Theinnerproductordotproducta b (readadotb)of
twovectorsaandbistheproductoftheirlengthstimesthe
cosineoftheirangle(seeFig.178),
(1)
a b a b cos ifa 0 , b 0
a b 0 ifa 0 ,or
b
0.
b=0.
Theangle,0 ,betweenaandbismeasuredwhen
theinitialpointsofthevectorscoincide,asinFig.178.
Expressedincomponents,a=[a1,a2,a3],b=[b1,b2,b3],
(2)
Thesecondlinein(1)isneededbecause isundefined
whena=0orb=0.
y
Equivalentofequations(1)and (2)
Use2Dvectorforillustration:letu
andv bevectorsinxycoordinate
frame,then
u v u v cos
u v cos( )
u v (cos cos sin sin )
( u cos )( v cos ) ( u sin )( v sin )
u1v1 u2v2
Hence, u v u1v1 u2 v2
Similarprooffor3D vectors: u v u1v1 u2 v2 u3v3
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Orthogonality.
Avectoraiscalledorthogonaltoavectorbifa b =0.
Vector aorthogonal tob meansthatbisalsoorthogonal
toa,andaandbare orthogonalvectors.
Thishappensfornonzerovectorsiff cos =0;or = /2
(90).
Theorem 1
Orthogonality Criterion
Theinnerproductoftwononzerovectorsis0ifandonlyifthese
vectorsareperpendicular.
LengthandAngle.
Equation(1)withb=a givesa b =|a|2.Hence
a a a
(3)
From(3)and(1)weobtainfortheanglebetweentwo
nonzerovectors
(4)
a b
a b
cos
.
a b
a a b b
Note: 0
a b a b
Question:isalwaysso
canalwaysbe
obtained?
Answer:yes.ThisistheCauchySchwarzInequality
Section 9.2 p30
PropertiesoftheInnerProduct.
Foranyvectorsa,b,candscalarsq1,q2,
(a)(q1a q1b) c q1a c q2 b c ( Linearity )
(c)
( Positive definiteness).
a a 0ifandonlyifa 0
Note:
(5b) innerproductiscommutative.
(5a*) Withq1 =1andq2 =1,(a+ b) c=a c+ b c
innerproductisdistributivewithrespecttothevector
addition.
Section 9.2 p31
Equality/InequalityforInnerProduct.
With|cos|1,
|a b||a||b|
(6)
(CauchySchwarzinequality)
Usingthisand(3),onemayprove
(7)
|a+b||a| +|b|
(Triangleinequality)
(onesideofatrianglemustbeshorterthansumoftheothertwosides)
Simpledirectcalculationwithinnerproductsyields
(8)|a+b|2 +|ab|2 =2(|a|2 +|b|2)
a+b
(Parallelogramequality)
a+b
b
ab
a
uv
p u cos
v
Canalwaysdefineaunitvector
v
alongdirectionofvas,with
v
v 1
v
p u cos u v
Then,
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Furthermore,ifwearetodecomposethevectoru as
twocomponents,onealongv andoneperpendicular
tov,asshown:
v
u u // u
Then
u // pv
u u u //
u //
Dotproductcanbeusedtocalculatethecomponent
orprojection ofavectoralongacertaindirection
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EXAMPLE 3
Component of a Force in a Given Direction
WhatforceintheropeinFig.180willholdacarof5000lb
inequilibriumiftherampmakesanangleof25 withthe
horizontal?
Solution.Introducingcoordinatesasshown,theweightis
a=[0,5000]becausethisforcepointsdownward,inthe
negativeydirection.
Section 9.2 p36
EXAMPLE 3 (continued)
Component of a Force in a Given Direction
Solution.(continued1)
Representaasasum(resultant)oftwoforces,a=c+p
cistheforcethecarexertsontheramp
pparalleltotherope
Avectorinthedirectionoftheropeis(seeFig.180)
b=[1,tan25]=[1,0.46631],|b|=1.10338,
Unitvector u oppositetothedirectionoftherope:
u
1
b [0.90631, 0.42262].
b
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EXAMPLE 3 (continued)
Component of a Force in a Given Direction
Solution.(continued2)
p isthecomponentofa lyinginthedirectionofu,i.e.,
a b 5000 0.46631
p ( a cos ) u a u
2113 lb .
b
1.10338
Geometrically,canalsousethefactthatanglebetweena
andpis =90 25 =65 sothat
Abasis for3space(R3)isasetofvector{a,b,c}such
thatanyvectorinR3canberepresentedasalinear
combinationofvectorsa,b,andc ,i.e.,givenany
vectorv,wecanfindscalarsl1, l2,andl3 suchthat
v=l1a+l2b+l3c
Thereareconditionsthata,b,andc mustsatisfyso
that{a,b,c}canbequalifiedasabasis.
Additionally,ifvectorsa,b,andc areorthogonalunit
vectors(i.e.,|a|=|b|=|c|=1,anda b =0,a c =0and
b c=0),then{a,b,c}isanorthonormalbasisfor3
space(R3),
Section 9.2 p39
Advantageoforthonormalbasis:torepresentanygiven
vectorv inR3 intermsof{a,b,c},
v=l1a+l2b+l3c,
thecoefficientscanbesimplyobtainedusinginner
product:l1 =a v,l2 =b v,l3 =c v.
Asoneexample,theunitvectorsi,j,kpreviously
introducedassociatedwithaCartesiancoordinate
systemformanorthonormalbasis(calledstandard
basis):anyvectorv=[v1,v2,v3]canbeexpressedas
v=v1i+v2j+v3k,where v1= i v,v2= j v,and v3= k v.
Example:{a,b,c}with
a 1 2 3
b 2 1 1
c 1 1 1
isabasis.Thevector,say,canbeexpressed
v 0 1 2
asv=l1a+l2b+l3c.
Inthiscase,thecoefficientsarel1=1,l2 =0,l3 =1.
Toobtainthecoefficients,weneedtosolveasetoflinear
algebraicequations.
Example:{d,e,f}with
1
1 1 1
d
3
1
1 1 0
e
2
1
1 1 2
f
6
isanorthonormal basis.Thevectorcanbe
v 0 1 2
expressedasv=l1d+l2e+l3f.
Inthiscase,thecoefficientsaresimplyobtainedby:
1
3
l1 d v 3 , l2 e v
, l3 f v
2
2
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UsingR2 forillustration
With r=[x,y]isanypositionvector,a =[a1,a2]isaspecific
unit(directional)vector,thena r=c representastraight
lineL,i.e.,anyvectorr=[x,y]satisfyingtheequation
a r=c liesonastraightline.
y
r
Idea:allpositionvectorr on
a
c
x
lineL willhaveprojection
alongdirectiona ofconstant
L: a r=c
lengthc.
c isdistanceofstraightlineL fromorigin
Differentc valuesina r=c meansparallellinesat
differentdistancesawayfromorigin
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FindstraightlineL1 throughthepointP:(1,3)and
perpendiculartothestraightlineL2:x2y+2=0.
1
1 2
StraightlineL2:x2y+2=0 b r=c2 with b
5
2
c
and.
2
5
: b r=c
Note: c2 vebecauseb is
pointingawayfromL2
LetstraightlineL1 be
representedas
L1: a r=c1
b
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L1 perpendicularL2 a perpendicularb=0
a b=0
1
2 1
5
Findunitvectorperpendiculartotheplane4x+2y+4z=7.
LikestraightlineinR2,aplaneinR3 canberepresented
byn r=c with naunitdirectionalvector
Allpositionvectorsrontheplanewillhaveconstant
projectionofvaluecalongdirectionn.
z
Theplane4x+2y+4z=7is
givenby:n r=c,where
7
1
c
and
n 4 2 4
6
6
Inthiscase,c ve becausehere
x
planeisonve directionofn
atadistanceof7/6fromorigin
. r.
n
c
.
y
EXTENSION TO EXAMPLE 6
Distance from a point to a plane in R3
FindperpendiculardistancefromP:(1,1,2)totheplane
4x+2y+4z=7.
Twomethods:
1. DenoteQasthepointontheplanesuchthatPQis
perpendiculartoplane,wehaveQ:.With
(1,1,2) n
Qontheplane,itsatisfies
7
17
(1,1,2) n n
6
6
Hence,distancefromQtoplaneis17/6.
2.ShifttheoriginofCartesiancoordinateframetoQ
byx=x1,y=y+1,z=z2.
Theplane4x+2y+4z=7thusbecomes4x+2y+4z=17,
whichcanbeexpressedasn r=c,where
1
17
r x ' y ' z '
n 4 2 4 ,and.
c
6
6
distancefromneworigin(i.e.,pointQ)toplane
is17/6.
9.3
Vector Product
(Cross Product)
Definition
Vector Product (Cross Product, Outer Product) of Vectors
Thevectorproducta b (readacrossb)oftwovectorsa
andbisanothervectorvdenotedby
v=a b
I.Ifa=0orb=0,thenwedefinev=a b =0.
II.Ifbothvectorsarenonzero,thenvectorvhasthelength
(1)
where istheanglebetweenaandbasinSec.9.2.
b
a
Section 9.3 p50
III.Ifaandblieinthesamestraightline,i.e.,aandbhave
thesameoroppositedirections,then is0 or180 sothat
sin =0.Inthatcase|v| =0 sothatv=a b =0.
IV.IfcasesIandIIIdonotoccur,thenvisanonzerovector.
Thedirectionofv=a b isperpendiculartobothaandb
suchthata,b,vinthisorderformarighthandedtriple.
(a,b,v)formsright
handedtriple
=v
Moreillustrationofright
handedtripleinFigs186187
Note:IandIIIofDefinitioncompletelycharacterizethe
exceptionalcasewhenthevectorproductisequaltothe
zerovector,andIIandIVtheregularcasewherethecross
productisperpendiculartotwovectors.
Note: Ifaandbformthesidesofaparallelogram(Fig.185).
Areaofparallelogramis|a||b|sin = |v| =|a b| .
Lengthofvectorproductofa bequalstheareaofthe
parallelogramformedbyaandb.
IllustrationsofRightHandedTriple.
Atripleofvectorsa,b,visrighthandedifthevectorsinthegivenorder
assumethesamesortoforientationasthethumb,indexfinger,and
middlefingeroftherighthandasinFig.186.
ifaisrotatedintothedirectionofbthroughtheangle(<),thenv
advancesinthesamedirectionasarighthandedscrewwouldif
turnedinthesameway(Fig.187).
RightHandedCartesianCoordinateSystem.
Asystemiscalledrighthandedifthecorresponding
unitvectorsi,j,kinthepositivedirectionsoftheaxes
formarighthandedtripleasinFig.188a.
Asystemiscalledlefthandedifthesenseofkis
reversed,asinFig.188b.
Here,weuserighthanded CartesianCoordinatesystems
EXAMPLE 2
Vector Products of the Standard Basis Vectors
GivenarighthandedCartesianCoordinatesystemsand
standardbasisunitvectorsi,j,kinthepositivedirections
oftheaxes,thedefinitionofthevectorproductyields:
(3)
i j k , j k i , k i j
j i k , k j i , i k j.
Expressingthevectorproductincomponents.
Leta=[a1,a2,a3],b=[b1,b2,b3]andv=[v1,v2,v3]=a b.
With
a b=(a1 i+ a2 j+ a3k) (b1 i+ b2 j+ b3k)
Using(3),wehave
a b= (a2b3 a3b2) i+(a3b1 a1b3) j+(a1b2 a2b1) k
Hence,componentsofv are
(2)v1 =a2b3 a3b2,v2 =a3b1 a1b3,
v3 =a1b2 a2b1.
Review of Determinant
Thirdorderdeterminant
a11
a12
a13
a21 a22
a23
a31 a32
a33
a22
a11
a32
a21 a22
a21 a23
a23
a12
a13
a31 a32
a31 a33
a33
Secondorderdeterminant
a11
a12
a21 a22
a11a22 a12a21
HowtoMemorize(2).
Bysecond andthirdorderdeterminants,(2)canbewritten
a2 a2a3 a3
a1 aa13 a3 a3 a1
a1 a2a1 a2
,
v3 ,v3
, v2 v2
(2*) v1 v1 b b ,
b1 bb13 b3 b3 b1
b1 b2b1 b2
2 b2 3 b3
andv=[v1,v2,v3]=v1i+v2 j+v3kistheexpansionofthe
followingsymbolic determinantbyitsfirstrow.(symbolic
becausethefirstrowconsistsofvectorsratherthanof
numbers.)
i j k
a 2 a3
a1 a3
a1 a2
i
j
k.
(2**) v a b a1 a2 a3
b2 b3
b1 b3
b1 b2
b1 b2 b3
Leta=[1,1,0],b=[3,0,0],findv=a b.
v=[0,0,3]
z
b
3
v=a b
-3
Theorem 1
General Properties of Vector Products
(a)Foreveryscalarl,
(4)
(b)Vectorproductisdistributivewithrespecttovector
addition;thatis,
(5)
( )a ( b c) (a b) (a c),
( )(a b) c (a c) ( b c).
(c)Vectorproductisnotcommutativebutanti
commutative;thatis,
(6)
b a= (a b)
(d)Vectorproductisnotassociative;thatis,ingeneral,
(7)
a (b c)(a b) c
sothattheparenthesescannotbeomitted.
Section 9.3 p61
ForcepacingonpointAalonglineofactionL
ThemomentmofpaboutpointQisdefinedasm=
|p|d,wheredisthe(perpendicular)distancebetweenQ
andthelineL.
LetrbethevectorfromQtopointAonL,thend=|r|
sin andthusm=|r||p| sin =|r p|.
Themomentvectororvectormomentm =r p ofp
aboutQ.Itsdirection(perpendiculartobothrandp)is
theaxisoftherotationabout
Qthatptendstoproduce.
Fig. 190. Moment of a force p
Section 9.3 p62
Findthemomentmofthe1000lb forcepaboutthecenter
Qofawheel.
p=[1000cos30o,1000sin30o,0]=[866,500,0]
Positionvectorto A:r=[0,1.5,0]
Momentvector:m =r p=[0,0,1299]
(m isalongve zaxis)
30o
1.5 ft
ArotationofarigidbodyBinspacecanbesimplyand
uniquelydescribedbyavectorw.
Directionofwisthatoftheaxisofrotationandsuch
thattherotationappearsclockwiseifonelooksfrom
theinitialpointofwtoitsterminalpoint.
Thelengthofwistheangularspeed (>0)ofthe
rotation.
B
LetPbeanypointofBanddits
w
Corresponding
distancefromtheaxis.Then
angular rotation
d
Phasthespeedd.
velocity
vector v
r
speedP
d
Section 9.3 p64
LetrbethepositionvectorofPreferredtoa
coordinatesystemwithorigin0ontheaxisof
rotation.
Thend=|r| sin,where istheanglebetweenw
andr.Therefore,d=|w||r| sin =|w r|.
Withdefinitionofvectorproduct,thevelocityvector
vofPcanberepresentedas(Fig.192)
(9)
v=w r.
Formula(9)isusefulfordeterminingvatanypoint
P.
EXAMPLE 5 (continued)
Velocity of a Rotating Body
(continued2)
Earthradius= 6371km.HongKongsattitude=22.25o
z
PositionvectorofHongKong:
r=[6371cos22.25o,0,6371sin30o]
AngularrotationofEarth:
. rv=wr
Hong Kong
w=[0,0,2/24]rad/hr
VelocityvectorofHongKong:
v=w r
22.25o
=[0,6371x2/24xcos22.25o,0]
=[0,1543.7,0]km/hr
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(abc)=a (b c).
Thescalartripleproductisascalarsince(10*)involvesa
dotproduct,whichinturnisascalar.
Leta=[a1,a2,a3],b=[b1,b2,b3],andc=[c1,c2,c3].Alsoset
(b c)=v=[v1,v2,v3].Then
a (b c)=a v = a1v1 +a2v2 +a3v3
b2 b3
b3 b1
b1
a1
a2
a3
c2 c3
c3 c1
c1
Section 9.3 p68
b2
c2
Moreover,with
i j
v b c b1 b2
c1 c2
wecanexpress
(10)
k
b3 v1i v2 j v3k
c3
a1
a bc a ( b c) b1
c1
a2
b2
c2
a3
b3 .
c3
Example:a=[1,1,0],b=[3,0,0],c=[0,1,3].
1 1 0
(a b c) 3 0 0 9.
0 1 3
Section 9.3 p69
Theorem 2
Properties and Applications of Scalar Triple Products
(a)Thescalartripleproduct(abc)satisfies
(11)(abc)=a (b c)= c (a b) = b (c a)
=(a b) c = (c a) b = (b c) a
(Orwecansaythedotandvectorproductcanbeinterchanged)
a1 a2 a3 c1 c2 c3 b1 b2 b3
Proof:
(a b c) b1 b2 b3 a1 a2 a3 c1 c2 c3
c1 c2 c3 b1 b2 b3 a1 a2 a3
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(b)Geometricinterpretation.Theabsolute value|(abc)|
of(10)isthevolumeoftheparallelepiped(obliquebox)with
a,b,casedgevectors.
Proof: Parallelepipedvolumeequalstheheighth=|a||cos|
timestheareaofthebase,whichisthearea|b c| ofthe
parallelogramwithsidesbandc.Hencethevolumeis
|a||b c||cos|=|a (b c)|=|(abc)|
Volume= |(abc)|
(c)Linearindependence.ThreevectorsinR3 arelinearly
independentifandonlyiftheirscalartripleproductisnot
zero.
Proof:Threenonzerovectors,whoseinitialpoints
coincide,arelinearlyindependentifandonlyiftheydo
notlieinthesameplanenorlieonthesamestraightline.
Thishappensifandonlyifthevolumeoftheresulting
parallelepipedformed)witha,b,casedgevectorsis
nonzero.
EXAMPLE 6 Tetrahedron
Volume of
Tetrahedron
is 1/6 of that of
Parallelepiped
z
3
Tetrahedron
5
4
c
The left-handed tetrahedron of Example 6
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9.4
LetPbeanypointinadomainofinterest,whichcanbe
athreedimensionalspace,orasurfaceoracurvein
space.
ThenwecandefinetwotypesoffunctionsatpointP.
Scalarfunctionf: f=f(P)thatdependsonP.
Vectorfunctionv:
v=v(P)=[v1(P),v2(P),v3(P)]
withallitscomponentsbeingfunctionsofpointsP.
ScalarfunctiondefinesavalueateverypointP inthe
domainofdefinition.
TypicalexamplesofScalarfunctionf arethe
temperaturefieldofabodyandthepressurefieldof
theairinEarthsatmosphere.
Scalarfunctionsmayalsodependonsomeparameters,
suchastimet,aswell.
VectorfunctiondefinesavectorateverypointP inthe
domainofdefinition.
Wecalledthesevectorsdefinedbythevectorfunctionas
VectorField.
ExamplesofvectorfieldinR2:
v( P) x
y
v ( P) 2
2
x y
x
x 2 y 2
Moreexamplesofvectorfields:
thefieldoftangentvectorsonacurve(Fig.195)
normalvectorsofasurface(Fig.196)
velocityfieldofarotatingbody(Fig.197)
k
Note: Vectorfunctionsmayalsodependontimetoron
someotherparametersotherthanitslocationP.
Section 9.4 p79
EXAMPLE 1
Scalar Function (Euclidean Distance in Space)
Thedistancef(P)ofanypointPfromafixedpointP0 inR3
isascalarfunction.
GivenaCartesiancoordinatesystemandP0hasthe
coordinatesx0,y0,z0,thenfisgivenbythewellknown
formula
f ( P ) f ( x , y , z) ( x x0 )2 ( y y0 )2 ( z z0 )2
wherex,y,zarethecoordinatesofP.
Note:f(P)isascalarfunction changingtoanother
Cartesiancoordinatesystembytranslatingandrotating
theoriginalonewithnotchangef(P) thoughthe
coordinatesofPandP0 willingeneralchange.
Section 9.4 p80
EXAMPLE 2
Vector Function (velocity field)
r ( x xo )i ( y yo ) j ( z zo )k
r r ( x xo ) 2 ( y yo ) 2 ( z zo ) 2
r
Unit direction of p:
r
r
rP
Hence
rPo
P0
c r
c
r
2
3
r r
r
c
c
c
3 ( x xo )i 3 ( y yo ) j 3 ( z zo )k
r
r
r
Vector Calculus
Continuity.Avectorfunctionv(t)issaidtobecontinuous
att=t0 ifitisdefinedinsomeneighborhoodoft0
(includingatt0 itself!)and
lim v(t ) v(t0 ).
(8)
t t0
IfweintroduceaCartesiancoordinatesystem,wemay
write
v(t ) v1 (t ), v2 (t ), v3 (t ) v1 (t )i v2 (t )j v3 (t )k.
Thenv(t)iscontinuousatt0 ifandonlyifitsthree
componentsarecontinuousatt0.
Section 9.4 p83
Definition
Avectorfunctionv(t)issaidtobedifferentiableatapointt
ifthefollowinglimitexists:
v(t t ) v(t )
.
t 0
t
Thisvectorv(t)iscalledthederivativeofv(t).
(9)
v(t ) lim
IncomponentswithrespecttoagivenCartesiancoordinate
system,
(10)
v(t ) v1 (t ), v2 (t ), v3 (t ) .
Hence,thederivativev(t)isobtainedbydifferentiatingeach
componentseparately.
Forinstance,ifv=[t,t2,0],thenv =[1,2t,0].
Familiardifferentiationrulesholdfordifferentiating
vectorfunctions:
(cv ) cv
(cconstant),
( u v ) u v
(11)
( u v ) u v u v
(12)
( u v ) u v u v
(13)
( u v w) ( uv w) ( u vw) ( u v w).
i
j
k.
tm tm
tm
tm
Similarly,secondpartialderivativesareandsoon.
2 v3
2 v1
2 v2
2v
i
j
k.
tl tm tl tm
tl tm
tl tm
Section 9.4 p87
9.5
Applicationofvectorcalculustogeometryisafieldknown
asdifferentialgeometry.
GivenacurveC inR3
CurveC arecomposedofmanymany many points
goingfromPi ,fori=0,1,2,,N.
Parametricrepresentationswithrespecttoparametert:
Constructfunctionx(t),y(t)and z(t)suchthatastgoes
from to to T,thepositionvector[x(t),y(t),z(t)]willpass
throughallthepointsPi ,fori=0,1,2,.,N.
P2
PN
P3
P1
P0
Illustration:Giventhefollowingcurve(whichactuallyisa
straightline)inR2
(1,1)
Parametricrepresentation#1:
x(t ) t , y (t ) t , to t T , with to 0, T 1
Parametricrepresentation#2:
(0,0)
x(t ) t 2 , y (t ) t 2 , to t T , with to 0, T 1
Parametricrepresentation#4:
x(t ) t , y (t ) t 2 , to t T , with to 0, T 1
Section 9.5 p90
Not valid as
x(t ) y (t )
AdvantagesofParametricrepresentation
ThecurveCcanbecharacterizedbythepositionvector
r(t)=[x(t),y(t),z(t)]
Furthermore,vectorfunctionv(P)definedforpointson
curveC cannowberegardedasv(r(t))=v(t)and
differentiationcanbeappliedtothevectorfunction.
v(P)
v(t)
P2
PN
P3
t2
P1
P0
T=tN
t3
t1
t0
r(t)
Parametrization Example1:Thecircle
x2 y2 a2 , z 0
inthexyplanecanberepresented
parametricallyby
P3
P0
with(negativesense):
0 t 2
2
2
2
(Note: x(t) and y(t) satisfy x y a )
P1
CaseB:
with(positivesense):
0 t 2
(Note: x(t) and y(t) satisfy
x2 y2 a2 )
OR
P2
t 3
t 2
t 0
z
t
t 0
t 2
t 3 2
y
Or
CaseC: pickanotherstartingpointatt=0:
z
t 2
t 3 2
t 0
Or
CaseD: Useanonlineartimescalepick:
t 3
t 2
t 0
t
t
ParametrizationExample2:TheEllipse
x2 y2
2 1, z 0
2
a
b
inthexyplanecanberepresented
parametricallyby
r (t ) [a cos t , b sin t ,0]
0 t 2
with(positivesense).
0 t 2
(Note: x(t) and y(t) satisfy
x2 y2
2 1)
2
a
b
Fig. 202. Ellipse in Example 2
Section 9.5 p94
(4)
Example4:TheCircularHelix
x 2 y 2 a 2 , z ct
canberepresentedparametricallyby
r (t ) [a cos t , a sin t , ct ]
with(positivesense)for
0 t 2
c>0andc<0
Aplanecurveisacurvethatliesinaplaneinspace.
Circleandellipseandstraightlineareplanecurves.
Acurvethatisnotplaneiscalledatwistedcurve.A
helixistwistedcurves.
Asimplecurveisacurvewithoutmultiplepoints,that
is,withoutpointsatwhichthecurveintersectsor
touchesitself.Circleandhelixaresimplecurves.
Figure206showscurvesthatarenotsimple.
Tangent to a Curve
Tangentsarestraightlinestouchingasimplecurve.
ThetangenttoasimplecurveCatapointPofCisthe
limitingpositionofastraightlineLthroughPanda
pointQofCasQapproachesPalongC.SeeFig.207.
LetCbegivenbyr(t),andPandQcorrespondtotand
t+ t,thenavectorinthedirectionofLis
1
r(t t ) r(t ) .
t
Inthelimitwehavethederivative
1
r
t
(
)
lim
r(t t ) r(t ) ,
(7)
t 0 t
(6)
r(t)istangentvectorofCatP.
Section 9.5 p98
Correspondingunitvectoralongr(t)istheunit
tangentvector(seeFig.207)
1
u r .
(8)
r
Notethatbothr andupointinthedirectionof
increasingt.
ThetangenttoCatPisgivenby
(9)
q(w)=r+wr'
Here, wisafreescalarparameter.
Example:Findthetangenttothecirclex2+y2=22 at
(1, 3 ,0)
P:.
(4,0,0)
CaseAParametrization:
2
Poccursat: t
3
t 0
(1, 3,0)
y
(0,
Tangent q(w)
4
,0)
3
2
q(w)=r+wr' [2 cos t ,2 sin t ,0] [ 2 sin t ,2 cos t ,0] at t
3
[1 3, 3 ,0]
Summary
Problem:givenacurveC,findthe
tangentlineatpointP
Parametricrepresentation
r (t ), to t T
r(t)
PointP occursatt=tP
P
TangentlineL:
q( w) r (tP ) w r ' (tP ),
Solution:
Derivative r ' (t )
Tangent
Line L
r(tP)
Tangent
Line L
r(tP)
Length of a Curve
IfcurveC isparametrized byr(t)andr(t)hasacontinuous
derivativer.
SubdivideC intomanymany smallsegmentsl1,l2,
LengthofcurveC issumofallsegmentsl1,l2,and
lm1 r(tm1) r(tm ) r' (tm )(tm1 tm ) r' (tm ) tm
tm (tm 1 tm )
with.
Summingoverallsegments
yieldstheintegral
tm
lm+1
tm 1
. r(t
.
b
m) r(tm+1)
t1 . .
dr
l
(10)
l r r dt
r .
a=t0
dt
a
liscalledthelengthofC.
FinitelengthCiscalledrectifiable.
Section 9.5 p102
b=tN
lN
ExampleCircle:Findthecircumferenceofthecircle
x2+y2=a2.
Parametrization A: r (t ) [a cos t , a sin t ,0]
2
0 t 2
ExampleCircularHelix:Findthelengthofcircularhelix
x 2 y 2 a 2 , z ct .
Parametrization: r (t ) [a cos t , a sin t , ct ]
2
r 'r 'dt
0 t 2
a 2 c 2 dt 2 a 2 c 2
0
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Herethevariableofintegrationischangeto becausetis
nowusedintheupperlimit.
Parametrization withrespecttos
Theuseofsin(1)insteadofanarbitrarytsimplifies
variousformulas.Hence,givenr(t)andr(s):
r ' (t ) r ' ( s )
ds
r ' ( s ) r ' (t ) r ' (t ) r ' ( s ) r ' (t )
dt
1
Henceand=r
(s)isunittangentvector.
r' ( s)
r ' (t )
r ' (t )
ExampleCircle:Findthearclengthfunctions(t)ofthecircle
x2+y2=a2.
Parametrization A: r (t ) [a cos t , a sin t ,0]
t
0 t 2
ds
a
dt
v(t)=r(t),
a(t)=v(t)=r(t).
Thelength|a| iscalledtheaccelerationofthemotion.
Section 9.5 p106
TangentialandNormalAcceleration.
Whereasthevelocityvectorisalwaystangenttothepath
ofmotion,theaccelerationvectorwillgenerallyhave
anotherdirection.
Wecansplittheaccelerationvectorintotwodirectional
components,
(17)
a =atan +anorm,
wherethetangentialaccelerationvectoratan istangentto
thepathandthenormalaccelerationvectoranorm is
normal(perpendicular)tothepath.
Thedirectionofthepathisgivenby=v
UsingtheprojectionequationofSec.9.2,wehaveinthis
caseatan isjustthecomponentofaccelerationa along
directionofv,hence
|atan|=|a v|/|v|.
Henceatan is|atan|timestheunitvector(1/|v|)v inthe
directionofv,wehave,
(18*)
a tan
av
Letthevectorfunction
r(t)=[Rcost,Rsint]=Rcosti +Rsintj
(withfixedi andj)describesthemotionofasmallbodyB
rotating in counterclockwisedirectionalongacircleCof
radiusRwithcenterattheoriginofthexyplane
Differentiationgivesthevelocityvector
v =r =[R sint,R cost]
=R sinti +R costj
vistangentto C.
Thespeedis v r r r R .
istheangularspeed.
Section 9.5 p109
EXAMPLE 7 (continued)
Centripetal Acceleration.
Differentiatingthevelocityvector,wegettheacceleration
vector
(19)
a =v =[R2 cos t,R2 sint]
=R2 cos ti R2 sintj.
Hence,a= 2r accelerationistowardthecenter.
Inthiscase,theaccelerationvectorisnormal
(perpendicular)toC.Thereisnotangentialacceleration.
MultiplyingabythemassmofB,wegetthecentripetal
forcema,whichequalsthegravitationalforcep exerted
onB byfixedbodyA inExample3ofSection9.4.
Section 9.5 p110
EXAMPLE 8
Superposition of Rotations. Coriolis Acceleration
Aprojectileismovingwithconstantspeedalongameridian
oftherotatingEarthinFig.211.Finditsacceleration.
EXAMPLE 8 (continued)
Superposition of Rotations. Coriolis Acceleration
Letx,y,zbeafixedCartesiancoordinatesysteminspace,
withunitvectorsi,j,kinthedirectionsoftheaxes.
LettheEarth,togetherwithaunitvectorb,berotating
aboutthezaxiswithangularspeed >0(seeExample7).
SincebisrotatingtogetherwiththeEarth,itisoftheform
b(t)=cos ti +sintj.
Lettheprojectilebemovingonthemeridianwhoseplaneis
spannedbybandk(Fig.211)withconstantangular
>0.Thenitspositionvectorintermsofbandkis
speed
r(t)=Rcos tb(t)+Rsintk
(R=RadiusoftheEarth).
Section 9.5 p112
EXAMPLE 8 (continued)
Superposition of Rotations. Coriolis Acceleration
Thefirstandsecondderivativesofbwithrespecttotare
b(t ) sin ti cos tj
(20)
b(t ) 2 cos ti 2 sin tj 2 b(t ).
Thefirstderivativeofr(t)withrespecttotgivesthevelocity
vector:
v r (t ) R cos tb R sin tb R cos tk
Thesecondderivativesofr(t)givestheaccelerationvector
a v(t )
(21)
R cos tb 2 R sin tb 2 R cos tb 2 R sin tk
R cos tb 2 R sin tb 2 r.
Section 9.5 p113
EXAMPLE 8 (continued)
Superposition of Rotations. Coriolis Acceleration