MATH 248

SHORT SOLUTIONS TO ASSIGNMENT 7

1. The parametrization of S is x(u, v) = u, y(u, v) = v, z(u, v) = a u v, where
u, v satisfy u
2
+ v
2
a
2
. T
u
T
v
=

3 and the area is

u
2
+v
2
a
2

3dudv =

3a
2
.
2. Let D = {(u, v) : 0 u

2a, 0 v 2}. The parametrization of S is

x(u, v) = ucos v, y(u, v) =
u
2
2a
, z(u, v) = usin v, (u, v) D.
One computes
T
u
T
v
=
u
a

u
2
+ a
2
,
and the area is

D
u
a

u
2
+ a
2
dudv =
2a
2
3
(3

3 1).
3. If z
2
= x
2
+ y
2
, then x
4
y
4
+ y
2
z
2
z
2
x
2
= 0, and so

S
(x
4
y
4
+ y
2
z
2
z
2
x
2
+ 1)dS =

S
dS = Area(S).
Let
D = {(u, v) :

2
v

2
, 0 u 2 cos v}.
The surface S can be parametrized as
x(u, v) = ucos v, y(u, v) = usin v, z(u, v) = u, (u, v) D.
One computes T
u
T
v
=

2u and
Area(S) =

2ududv =

/2
/2
2 cos
2
vdv =

2.
4. Using the spherical coordinates x(u, v) = Rsin ucos v, y(u, v) = Rsin usin v,
1
z(u, v) = Rcos u we can write

S
1
x p
dS =

S
1

x
2
+ y
2
+ (z p)
2
dS
= R
2

2
0
sin u

R
2
sin
2
u + (Rcos u p)
2
dvdu
= 2R
2

0
sin u

R
2
2Rp cos u + p
2
du
= 2R
2

1
1
1

R
2
2Rpt + p
2
dt
= 2R
|R + p| |R p|
p
.
Since |R + p| |R p| = 2p if |p| < R, |R + p| |R p| = 2Rsign(p) if |p| > R (sign(p)
is the sign of p), and sign(p)/p = 1/|p|, the result follows.
5. Let p = (x, y, z) be a point on S. The equation of the tangent plane P(p) is
x
a
2
(X x) +
y
b
2
(Y y) +
z
c
2
(Z z) = 0,
or
x
a
2
X +
y
b
2
Y +
z
c
2
Z = 1.
The distance from (0, 0, 0) to P(p) is
d(p) =

x
2
a
4
+
y
2
b
4
+
z
2
c
4

1/2
,
and we need to compute the integral
I =

x
2
a
4
+
y
2
b
4
+
z
2
c
4

1/2
dS.
Let D = {(u, v) : 0 u , 0 v 2}. We parametrize S as
x(u, v) = a sin ucos v, y(u, v) = b sin usin v, z(u, v) = c cos u, (u, v) D,
and so
I =
1
abc

b
2
c
2
sin
2
ucos
2
v + a
2
c
2
sin
2
usin
2
v + a
2
b
2
cos
2
u

1/2
T
u
T
v
dudv.
2
One computes
T
u
T
v
= sin u

b
2
c
2
sin
2
ucos
2
v + a
2
c
2
sin
2
usin
2
v + a
2
b
2
cos
2
u

1/2
,
and so
I =
1
abc

D
sin u

b
2
c
2
sin
2
ucos
2
v + a
2
c
2
sin
2
usin
2
v + a
2
b
2
cos
2
u

dudv.
The last integral is easily computed and
I =
4
3
abc

1
a
2
+
1
b
2
+
1
c
2

.
3