13.3 Exercises
13.3 Exercises
13.3 Exercises
1. The figure shows a curve \(C\) and a contour map of a function \(f\) whose gradient is continuous. Find \(\int_{C} \nabla f \cdot d \
mathbf{r}\).
2. A table of values of a function \(f\) with continuous gradient is given. Find \(\int_{C} \nabla f \cdot d \mathbf{r}\), where \(C\) has
parametric equations
\[x=t^{2}+1 \quad y=t^{3}+t \quad 0 \leqslant t \leqslant 1\]
#@#3-10 Determine whether or not \(\mathbf{F}\) is a conservative vector field. If it is, find a function \(f\) such that \(\mathbf{F}=\
nabla f\).
3. \(\mathbf{F}(x, y)=(2 x-3 y) \mathbf{i}+(-3 x+4 y-8) \mathbf{j}\)
4. \(\mathbf{F}(x, y)=e^{x} \sin y \mathbf{i}+e^{x} \cos y \mathbf{j}\)
5. \(\mathbf{F}(x, y)=e^{x} \cos y \mathbf{i}+e^{x} \sin y \mathbf{j}\)
6. \(\mathbf{F}(x, y)=\left(3 x^{2}-2 y^{2}\right) \mathbf{i}+(4 x y+3) \mathbf{j}\)
7. \(\mathbf{F}(x, y)=\left(y e^{x}+\sin y\right) \mathbf{i}+\left(e^{x}+x \cos y\right) \mathbf{j}\)
8. \(\mathbf{F}(x, y)=\left(2 x y+y^{-2}\right) \mathbf{i}+\left(x^{2}-2 x y^{-3}\right) \mathbf{j}, \quad y>0\)
9. \(\mathbf{F}(x, y)=\left(\ln y+2 x y^{3}\right) \mathbf{i}+\left(3 x^{2} y^{2}+x / y\right) \mathbf{j}\)
10. \(\mathbf{F}(x, y)=(x y \cosh x y+\sinh x y) \mathbf{i}+\left(x^{2} \cosh x y\right) \mathbf{j}\)
#@#11-16 a. Find a function \(f\) such that \(\mathbf{F}=\nabla f\) and (b) use part (a) to evaluate \(\int_{C} \mathbf{F} \cdot d \
mathbf{r}\) along the given curve \(C\).
11. \(\mathbf{F}(x, y)=x y^{2} \mathbf{i}+x^{2} y \mathbf{j}\)
\(C: \mathbf{r}(t)=\left\langle t+\sin \frac{1}{2} \pi t, t+\cos \frac{1}{2} \pi t\right\rangle, \quad 0 \leqslant t \leqslant 1\)
12. \(\mathbf{F}(x, y)=(1+x y) e^{x y} \mathbf{i}+x^{2} e^{x y} \mathbf{j}\),
\(C: \mathbf{r}(t)=\cos t \mathbf{i}+2 \sin t \mathbf{j}, \quad 0 \leqslant t \leqslant \pi / 2\)
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13. \(\mathbf{F}(x, y, z)=y z \mathbf{i}+x z \mathbf{j}+(x y+2 z) \mathbf{k}\), \(C\) is the line segment from \((1,0,-2)\) to \((4,6,3)\)
14. \(\mathbf{F}(x, y, z)=\left(y^{2} z+2 x z^{2}\right) \mathbf{i}+2 x y z \mathbf{j}+\left(x y^{2}+2 x^{2} z\right) \mathbf{k}\), \(C: x=\
sqrt{t}, y=t+1, z=t^{2}, \quad 0 \leqslant t \leqslant 1\)
15. \(\mathbf{F}(x, y, z)=y z e^{x z} \mathbf{i}+e^{x z} \mathbf{j}+x y e^{x z} \mathbf{k}\), \(C: \mathbf{r}(t)=\left(t^{2}+1\right) \
mathbf{i}+\left(t^{2}-1\right) \mathbf{j}+\left(t^{2}-2 t\right) \mathbf{k}\) \(0 \leqslant t \leqslant 2\)
16. \(\mathbf{F}(x, y, z)=\sin y \mathbf{i}+(x \cos y+\cos z) \mathbf{j}-y \sin z \mathbf{k}\), \(C: \mathbf{r}(t)=\sin t \mathbf{i}+t \
mathbf{j}+2 t \mathbf{k}, \quad 0 \leqslant t \leqslant \pi / 2\)
#@#17-18 Show that the line integral is independent of path and evaluate the integral.
17. \(\int_{C} 2 x e^{-y} d x+\left(2 y-x^{2} e^{-y}\right) d y\), \(C\) is any path from \((1,0)\) to \((2,1)\)
18. \(\int_{C} \sin y d x+(x \cos y-\sin y) d y\), \(C\) is any path from \((2,0)\) to \((1, \pi)\)
#@#19-20 Find the work done by the force field \(\mathbf{F}\) in moving an object from \(P\) to \(Q\).
19. \(\mathbf{F}(x, y)=2 y^{3 / 2} \mathbf{i}+3 x \sqrt{y} \mathbf{j} ; \quad P(1,1), Q(2,4)\)
20. \(\mathbf{F}(x, y)=e^{-y} \mathbf{i}-x e^{-y} \mathbf{j} ; \quad P(0,1), Q(2,0)\)
#@#21-22 Is the vector field shown in the figure conservative? Explain.
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23. If \(\mathbf{F}(x, y)=\sin y \mathbf{i}+(1+x \cos y) \mathbf{j}\), use a plot to guess whether \(\mathbf{F}\) is conservative. Then
determine whether your guess is correct.
24. Let \(\mathbf{F}=\nabla f\), where \(f(x, y)=\sin (x-2 y)\). Find curves \(C_{1}\) and \(C_{2}\) that are not closed and satisfy the
equation.
a. \(\int_{C_{1}} \mathbf{F} \cdot d \mathbf{r}=0\)
b. \(\int_{C_{2}} \mathbf{F} \cdot d \mathbf{r}=1\)
25. Show that if the vector field \(\mathbf{F}=P \mathbf{i}+Q \mathbf{j}+R \mathbf{k}\) is conservative and \(P, Q, R\) have
continuous first-order partial derivatives, then
\[\frac{\partial P}{\partial y}=\frac{\partial Q}{\partial x} \quad \frac{\partial P}{\partial z}=\frac{\partial R}{\partial x} \quad \frac{\
partial Q}{\partial z}=\frac{\partial R}{\partial y}\]
26. Use Exercise 25 to show that the line integral \(\int_{C} y d x+x d y+x y z d z\) is not independent of path.
#@#27-30 Determine whether or not the given set is (a) open, (b) connected, and (c) simply-connected.
27. \(\{(x, y) \mid 0<y<3\}\)
28. \(\{(x, y)|1<| x \mid<2\}\)
29. \(\left\{(x, y) \mid 1 \leqslant x^{2}+y^{2} \leqslant 4, y \geqslant 0\right\}\)
30. \(\{(x, y) \mid(x, y) \neq(2,3)\}\)
31. Let \(\mathbf{F}(x, y)=\frac{-y \mathbf{i}+x \mathbf{j}}{x^{2}+y^{2}}\).
a. Show that \(\partial P / \partial y=\partial Q / \partial x\).
b. Show that \(\int_{C} \mathbf{F} \cdot d \mathbf{r}\) is not independent of path. \(\left[\right.\) Hint: Compute \(\int_{C_{1}} \
mathbf{F} \cdot d \mathbf{r}\) and \(\int_{C_{2}} \mathbf{F} \cdot d \mathbf{r}\), where \(C_{1}\) and \(C_{2}\) are the upper and
lower halves of the circle \(x^{2}+y^{2}=1\) from \((1,0)\) to \(\left.(-1,0) .\right]\) Does this contradict Theorem 6 ?
32.
\[\mathbf{F}(\mathbf{r})=\frac{c \mathbf{r}}{|\mathbf{r}|^{3}}\]
for some constant \(c\), where \(\mathbf{r}=x \mathbf{i}+y \mathbf{j}+z \mathbf{k}\). Find the work done by \(\mathbf{F}\) in
moving an object from a point \(P_{1}\) along a path to a point \(P_{2}\) in terms of the distances \(d_{1}\) and \(d_{2}\) from these
points to the origin.
b. An example of an inverse square field is the gravitational field \(\mathbf{F}=-(m M G) \mathbf{r} /|\mathbf{r}|^{3}\) discussed in
Example 4 in Section 13.1. Use part (a) to find the work done by the gravitational field when the earth moves from aphelion (at a
maximum distance of \(1.52 \times 10^{8} \mathrm{~km}\) from the sun) to perihelion (at a minimum distance of \(1.47 \times
10^{8} \mathrm{~km}\) ). (Use the values \(m=5.97 \times 10^{24} \mathrm{~kg}, M=1.99 \times 10^{30} \mathrm{~kg}\), and \(\
left.G=6.67 \times 10^{-11} \mathrm{~N} \cdot \mathrm{m}^{2} / \mathrm{kg}^{2} .\right)\)
c. Another example of an inverse square field is the electric force field \(\mathbf{F}=\varepsilon q Q \mathbf{r} /|\mathbf{r}|^{3}\)
discussed in Example 5 in Section 13.1. Suppose that an electron with a charge of \(-1.6 \times 10^{-19} \mathrm{C}\) is located at
the origin. A positive unit charge is positioned a distance \(10^{-12} \mathrm{~m}\) from the electron and moves to a position half
that distance from the electron. Use part (a) to find the work done by the electric force field. (Use the value \(\varepsilon=8.985 \
times 10^{9}\).)