TUTORIAL 4

MAT203, SEMESTER 1, 2015/2016

1.

Match the vector field a-d with the graph A-D.e.

Explain your choice.
(a)

F( x, y ) = 0, x 2

(b) F ( x, y=
)

x y, x

F ( x,=
y)

2 xi yj

(c)

(d) F( x, y=
) yi + xj

2.

3.

Find F, the gradient field for the following potential function.

(a)

H ( x, y=
) x 2 + y 2 for x 2 + y 2 16

(b)

G ( x=
, y)

for x 2 + y 2 16 , ( x, y ) (0, 0)

x2 + y 2

Let F( x, y ) = f ( x, y ), g ( x, y )

be defined on R2. Find and graph the streamlines for the

vector field F( x, y )
(a)
4.

1, x

x, x

y, x

(c)

Find the divergence of the following vector fields, F f ( x), g ( x), h( x)

(a) F = 2 y,3 x, z
(d) F = e x + y , e y + z , e z + x
(b)

F=

(c)

F=

rr
5.

(b)

x 2 yz , xy 2 z , xyz 2
x, y , z
x +y +z
2

(e)

, radial field

r
r

F = yz sin x, xz cos y, xy cos z

=
F
(f)

x, y, z x 2 + y 2 + z 2 , radial field

Compute the curl of the following vector fields, F

(a) 0, z 2 y 2 , yz
(c) z 2 sin y, xz 2 cos y, 2 xz sin y
2

(b)

3 xz 3e y , 2 xz 3e y ,3xz 2e y

y , x, z

(d)

( x2 + y 2 + z )

2 32

, radial field

r
r

6.

The potential function for the gravitational force field due to a mass M at the origin acting
GMm
on a mass m is =
, where r = x, y, z is the position vector of the mass m and G
r
is the gravitational constant.
(a) Compute the gravitational force field F = .
(b) Show that the field is irrotational.

7.

Match the vector equation in exercises 1-8 with the graphs (a)-(h).
1. r (t ) = t i + (1 t ) j, 0 t 1
5. r (t=
) t i + t j + t k,

0t 2

2. r (t )=

0 t 1

i + j + t k,

0 t 2

3.=
r (t ) 2 cos t i + 2sin t j,
4. r (t ) = t i,

8.

Evaluate

6. =
r (t ) t j + ( 2 2t ) k ,

1 t 1

7.

r (t ) = (t 2 -1) j + 2t k ,

r (t ) 2 cos t i + 2sin t k,
8.=

1 t 1

( xy + y + z )ds

Find the line integral of the given f ( x, y, z ) over the given curve r (t ) .
(a)
(b)

f ( x, y , z ) =

3
x + y2 + z2
2

0t

along the curve r (t ) =

2t i + t j + ( 2 2t ) k , 0 t 1 .

9.

1 t 1

r (t=
) t i + t j + t k, 1 t

f ( x, y , z ) =
x2 + z 2 , =
r (t ) a cos t j + a sin t k , 0 t 2

10. Evaluate

x + 2 y ds , where C is

(a)

The straight line segment

=
x t ,=
y 4t from (0, 0) to (1, 4).

(b)

C 1 C 2 ; C 1 is the line segment from (0, 0) to (1,0) and C 2 is the line segment from
(1, 0) to (1, 2).

11. Find the line integral of F( x, y, z ) = (3 x 2 3 x) i + 3 z j + k from (0, 0, 0) to (1, 1, ) over

each of the following paths,
(a) the straight line path C 1 : r (t=
) t i + t j + t k,
0 t 1.

) t i + t 2 j + t 4 k, 0 t 1 .
(b) the curved path C 2 : r (t=
(c) the path C 3 C 4 consisting of the line segment
from (0, 0, 0) to (1, 1, 0) followed by the segment
from (1, 1, 0) to (1, 1, 1).
12. Along the curve r (t ) = cos t i + sin t j cos t k,
integrals.
(a)

xz dx
C

(b)

xyz dz
C

0 t , evaluate each of the following