Chapter 14: Problem 5
What is the net outward flux of the radial field \(\mathbf{F}=\langle x, y, z\rangle\) across the sphere of radius 2 centered at the origin?
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Chapter 14: Problem 5
What is the net outward flux of the radial field \(\mathbf{F}=\langle x, y, z\rangle\) across the sphere of radius 2 centered at the origin?
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Consider the rotational velocity field \(\mathbf{v}=\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{r},\) where \(\mathbf{a}\) is a nonzero constant vector and \(\mathbf{r}=\langle x, y, z\rangle .\) Use the fact that an object moving in a circular path of radius \(R\) with speed \(|\mathbf{v}|\) has an angular speed of \(\omega=|\mathbf{v}| / R\). a. Sketch a position vector a, which is the axis of rotation for the vector field, and a position vector \(\mathbf{r}\) of a point \(P\) in \(\mathbb{R}^{3}\). Let \(\theta\) be the angle between the two vectors. Show that the perpendicular distance from \(P\) to the axis of rotation is \(R=|\mathbf{r}| \sin \theta\). b. Show that the speed of a particle in the velocity field is \(|\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{r}|\) and that the angular speed of the object is \(|\mathbf{a}|\). c. Conclude that \(\omega=\frac{1}{2}|\nabla \times \mathbf{v}|\).
Let S be the disk enclosed by the curve \(C: \mathbf{r}(t)=\langle\cos \varphi \cos t, \sin t, \sin \varphi \cos t\rangle,\)for \(0 \leq t \leq 2 \pi,\) where \(0 \leq \varphi \leq \pi / 2\) is a fixed angle. Consider the vector field \(\mathbf{F}=\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{r},\) where \(\mathbf{a}=\left\langle a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}\right\rangle\) is a constant nonzero vector and \(\mathbf{r}=\langle x, y, z\rangle .\) Show that the circulation is a maximum when a points in the direction of the normal to \(S\).
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The area of a region \(R\) in the plane, whose boundary is the closed curve \(C,\) may be computed using line integrals with the formula $$\text { area of } R=\int_{C} x d y=-\int_{C} y d x$$ These ideas reappear later in the chapter. Let \(R=\\{(r, \theta): 0 \leq r \leq a, 0 \leq \theta \leq 2 \pi\\}\) be the disk of radius \(a\) centered at the origin and let \(C\) be the boundary of \(R\) oriented counterclockwise. Use the formula \(A=-\int_{C} y d x\) to verify that the area of the disk is \(\pi r^{2}.\)
Prove the following properties of the divergence and curl. Assume \(\mathbf{F}\) and \(\mathbf{G}\) are differentiable vector fields and \(c\) is a real number. a. \(\nabla \cdot(\mathbf{F}+\mathbf{G})=\nabla \cdot \mathbf{F}+\nabla \cdot \mathbf{G}\) b. \(\nabla \times(\mathbf{F}+\mathbf{G})=(\nabla \times \mathbf{F})+(\nabla \times \mathbf{G})\) c. \(\nabla \cdot(c \mathbf{F})=c(\nabla \cdot \mathbf{F})\) d. \(\nabla \times(c \mathbf{F})=c(\nabla \times \mathbf{F})\)
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