12/17/2015 FINAL EXAM Math 21a, Fall 2015

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MWF 9 Jun-Hou Fung

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MWF 11 Kate Penner • All functions are assumed to be smooth and

nice unless stated otherwise.
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Problem 1) True/False questions (20 points). No justifications are needed.

1) T F The parametrization ~r(u, v) = hv 2 , v 2 cos(u), v 2 sin(u)i describes a cone.

2) T F ~ = ~0, then ~u · w
~ satisfy ~u · ~v = 0 and ~v × w
If three vectors ~u, ~v , w ~ = 0.

Let S be a surface bounding a solid E and F~ is a vector field in space which

3) T F
is incompressible, div(F ) = 0, then S F~ · dS
~ ~ = 0.
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If curl(F~ )(x, y, z) = 0 for all (x, y, z) then S F~ · dS ~ = 0 for any closed

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4) T F
surface S.
5) T F If F~ is a conservative vector field in space, then F~ has zero curl everywhere.

T F If F~ , G
~ are two vector fields which have the same divergence then F~ − G
~ is
6)
constant.
The linearization of the constant function f (x, y) = 3 is the function
7) T F L(x, y) = 0.
~
S hx, y, zi · dS.
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8) T F The surface area of a surface S is

There is a non-constant vector field F~ (x, y, z) such that curl(F~ ) =

9) T F
curl(curl(F~ ))
If F~ is a vector field and E is the unit ball then E div(curl(F~ )) dV = 0.
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10) T F

If the vector field F~ has constant divergence 1 everywhere, then the flux of
11) T F
F~ through any closed surface S is zero.
12) T F The equation grad(div(grad(f ))) = ~0 always holds.

The vector ~k × (~j × ~i) is the zero vector, if ~i = h1, 0, 0i, ~j = h0, 1, 0i, and
13) T F ~k = h0, 0, 1i.
If f is minimized at (a, b) under the constraint g = c, then ∇f (a, b) and
14) T F ∇g(a, b) are perpendicular.
If A, B, C, D are four points in space such that the line through A, B inter-
15) T F sects the line through C, D, then A, B, C, D lie on some plane.
The chain rule assures that for a vector field F~ = hP, Q, Ri the formula
16) T F ∂ ~
∂u
F (~r(u, v)) = h∇P · ~ru , ∇Q · ~ru , ∇R · ~ru i holds.
The vector field F~ = hcos(y), 0, sin(y)i satisfies curl(F~ ) = F~ . By the way,
17) T F
it is called the Cheng-Chiang field.
The unit tangent vector T~ (t), the normal vector N ~ (t) and the binormal
18) T F ~
vector B(t) for a given curve ~r(t) span a cube of volume 1 at t = 1.
19) T F The vector field F~ (x, y, z) = hz, z, zi can not be the curl of a vector field.

The expression curl(grad(div(grad(div(curl(F~ )))))) is a well defined vector

20) T F
field in three dimensional space.
Problem 2) (10 points) No justifications are necessary.

a) (2 points) Match the following surfaces. There is an exact match.

1 2 3 4
Surface 1-4
~r(u, v) = hu, u2 − v 2 , vi
y − x2 − z 2 = 0
~r(u, v) = hu cos(v), u, u sin(v)i
x2 + y 2 = 1 − z 2
b) (2 points) Match the following regions given in polar coordinates (r, θ):
A B C D
Region A-D
r < θ2
r < 1 + cos(θ)
r < 1 + | sin(θ)|
r < (4π 2 − θ2 )

c) (2 points) Match the regions. There is an exact match.

Solid a-d a b c d
|x| + |y| + |z| ≤ 1
x2 + y 2 ≤ 1, x2 + z 2 ≤ 1
x ≤ y2, x ≤ z2
0 ≤ x2 − y 2 ≤ 4, 0 ≤ y 2 − z 2 ≤ 4

d) (2 points) The figures display vector fields in the plane. There is an exact match.

Field I-IV I II III IV

~
F (x, y) = hy, 1i
F~ (x, y) = h−2y, 3xi
F~ (x, y) = h−x, 0i
F~ (x, y) = hx2 , y 2 i

e) (1 point) Find the linearization L(x, y) of f (x, y) = xy at (2, 1).

f) (1 point) Write down the wave equation for a function f (t, x):

Problem 3) (10 points)

a) (6 points) In the following, f is a function, F~ a vector field, I is an interval, G is a region
in the two dimensional plane, S is a closed surface parametrized by ~r(u, v), C is a closed curve
parametrized by ~r(t) and E is a solid. Fill the blanks using “volume” , “area” , “length” or
“0” , where a choice can appear a multiple times.

RR
= G curl(hx, 0i) dxdy

RR
= G curl(h−y, 0i) dxdy

RRR
= E div(hx, x, xi) dxdydz

|~ru × ~rv | dudv

RR
= S

|~r 0 (t)| dt + grad(f ) · d~r

R R
= C C

=
RR
~
curl(F~ ) · dS
S

b) (4 points)
Complete the formulas of the following boxes
R 2π R π R 1
0 0 0 dρdφdθ Integral for volume of unit ball x2 + y 2 + z 2 ≤ 1.

R 2π R 1
0 0 drdθ Integral for area of unit disc x2 + y 2 ≤ 1

gx (x, y) = fz (x,y,z)
Implicit derivative of g satisfying f (x, y, g(x, y)) = 0

|~u · ( )| Volume of parallelepiped spanned by ~u, ~v , w.

~

Problem 4) (10 points)

Find the surface area of the surface parametrized by
v2
~r(u, v) = hu cos(v), u sin(v), i,
2
where (u, v) are in the domain u2 + v 2 ≤ 9.

P.S. You do not have to worry that this cool surface has self-
intersections.

Problem 5) (10 points)

On planet Tatooine, Luke Skywalker travels along a path C

parametrized by
~r(t) = ht cos(t), t sin(t), 0i

from t = 0 to t = 2π. What is the work done

Z
~
F~ · dr
C

by the “force”

F~ = hx2 + y + z, y 3 + x, z 5 + xi .

Problem 6) (10 points)

Tomorrow, on December 18, the “force awakens”. There will

be light sabre battles, without doubt.

a) (7 points) What is the distance between two light sabres

given by cylinders of radius 1 around the line ~r(t) = ht, −t, ti
and the line connecting (0, 14, 0) with (3, 5, 6).

b) (3 points) A spark connects the two points of the sabre

which are closest to each other. Find a vector in that direc-
tion.
Sabre by Connor (mathematica project).
Problem 7) (10 points)

100 years ago, Einstein proposed gravitational waves. To mea-

sure them, the LISA pathfinder was launched on December 3,
2015. It carries two cubes to the Lagrangian point between
Earth and Moon aiming to measure the waves. Assume a
gravitational wave from a black hole merger produces a force
leading to an acceleration
~r 00 (t) = hsin(t), cos(t), sin(t)i .
What is ~r(t) at time t = π if ~r 0 (0) = h2, 0, 0i and ~r(0) =
h1, 0, 3i.
LISA proof of concept will be

followed by eLISA in 2034.

Problem 8) (10 points)

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a) (5 points) Find the integral G r drdz, where G is the
region enclosed by the curves r2 − 4z 2 = 5 and r2 − 5z 2 = 4
and contained in r ≥ 0.

b) (5 points) The Galactic Empire builds a space craft E given

as a solid in x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0, enclosed by

x2 + y 2 − 4z 2 = 5
and
x2 + y 2 − 5z 2 = 4 .
Find its volume. P.S. You can make use of problem a) to solve
part b) as the problems are related.

Problem 9) (10 points)

 In September 2015, the west side of the Harvard Science
center honored the concept of curl by displaying paddle
wheels. One of the wheel tips moves on an oriented curve
~r(t) = hcos(t), 0, sin(t)i bounding the disc parametrized by
~r(u, v) = hu cos(v), 0, u sin(v)i with 0 ≤ u ≤ 1, 0 ≤ v ≤ 2π.
Let F~ be the wind vector field
F~ (x, y, z) = hx9 + y 7 + 3z, x9 + y 9 + sin(z), z 5 ez i .

Find the line integral C F~ · d~r measuring the energy gain

R

during one rotation along the curve C parametrized by ~r(t).

Problem 10) (10 points)

The value of the line integral of the vector field F~ (u, v) =

(2/π)h−uv 2 + v 3 , uv − u3 i along a curve ~r(t) = hx + cos(t), y +
sin(t)i depends only on the center point (x, y) and is given by

f (x, y) = −3 − 6x2 + 2y + 4xy − 6y 2 .

a) (7 points) Find all critical points (x, y) for the function
f (x, y) and analyze them using the second derivative test.

b) (3 points) Given that

f (x, y) = −3 − (x − 2y)2 − 5x2 − 2y 2 + 2y ,

decide whether there is a global maximum for f .

Problem 11) (10 points)

The moment of inertia f (x, y) of a torus of mass 4 with smaller

tube radius x and bigger center curve radius y is
f (x, y) = 3x2 + 4y 2 .
a) (7 points) Find the parameters (x0 , y0 ) for the torus which
have minimal moment of inertia under the constraint that

g(x, y) = x + 4y = 13 .
b) (3 points) Write down the equation of the tangent line to
the level curve of f which passes through (x0 , y0 ).
Problem 12) (10 points)

A new elliptical machine has been designed to simulate

running better. The leg of a runner moves on the curve
parametrized by
~r(t) = h8 cos(t), 2 sin(t) + sin(2t) + cos(2t)i
with 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π. Find the area of the region enclosed by the
curve.

Problem 13) (10 points)

The polyhedron E in the figure is called small stel-

lated Dodecahedron. The solid E has volume 10. Its
moment of inertia E x2 + y 2 dxdydz around the z-axis
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is known to be 1. Let S be the boundary surface of the

polyhedron solid E oriented outwards.

a) (5 points) What is the flux of the vector field

F~ (x, y, z) = hy 5 + x, z 5 + y, x5 + zi
through S?

b) (5 points) What is the flux of the vector field

~
G(x, y, z) = hx3 /3, y 3 /3, 0i
through S?