Math-2451-501 Multivariable Calculus Summer 2010

Homework 5
Due on: July 19, 2010.

Name:

Instructions: Please solve all the following problems. Show all your work in a clear and organized fashion.
You may use your textbook and notes. Work on your own and do not discuss the problems with your
classmates or anyone else. Please let me know if you have any questions concerning the problems or if you
need some hints.

1. Let c (t) be a ‡ow line of a gradient …eld F = rV . Prove that V (c (t)) is a non-increasing function
of t:

2. Suppose that r F = r G = 0. Which of the following necessarily have zero divergence?

a) F + G
b) F G

3. Let R = [0; 1] [0; 1] and B = [0; 1] [0; 1] [0; 1]. Evaluate:

Z1 Z2
a) ( x log y) dydx.
Z1Z1
b) yexy dA
ZR
Z
c) xm y n dxdy where m; n > 0
ZRZ
d) sin(x + y)dA:
ZR
ZZ
xy
e) e ydxdydz
ZBZ Z
f) zex+y dV
B

R1R2 y
4. Evaluate 0 1
(x + y)2 dx dy: Change the order of integration and evaluate the integral again.

5. Evaluate the following integrals and sketch the corresponding regions or solids:
Z1 Zjxj
a) ex+y dydx
1 2jxj
Z1 Zy
b) (xn + y m ) dxdy where m; n > 0
0 y2
1
2 2
Z1 (1 Zx )
c) dydx
ZZ
0 0

d) y dA where D is de…ned by 0 2x= y; y sin x.

D

1
 Z4 Z2
2
e) ey dydx
0 x
2
p
Z1 Z9 x2

f) y 2 dydx
p
Z 3Z Z 9 x2
g) dV where W is de…ned by 0 z 1 + 2x + 2y, (x; y) 2 [1; 2] [0; 1]
ZWZ Z
h) dV where W is de…ned by 0 z x2 + y 4 , (x; y) 2 [0; 1] [0; 1].
Z ZWZ
i) dV where W is the solid bounded by the planes x + z = 1; z = 0; y = 0; x = y.
Z ZWZ
j) dV where W is the the intersection of the cylinders x2 + y 2 a2 and x2 + z 2 a2 :
W

6. Show that ZZ
1 sin x
(1 cos 1) 4 dxdy 1:
2 1 + (xy)
[0;1] [0;1]

7. Write the iterated integral

Z1 Z1 Z1
f (x; y; z) dzdydx
0 1 xx

as an integral over a region in R3 and then rewrite it in …ve other possible orders of integration.

Choose one of the following problems:

RR
1 Express cosh xy dA as a convergent sequence where R = [0; 1] [0; 1].
R
ZZ
2. Let f be continuous, f 0, on the rectangle R. If f dA = 0, prove that f = 0 on R.
R

3. a) Use a substitution involving tangent to show that

Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1
x2 y2 x2 y2
2 dydx = 4 and 2 dxdy =
4
:
(x2 + y 2 ) (x2 + y 2 )
0 0 0 0

b) Why does this not contradict Fubini’s theorem?

4. Prove that 0 b 12
Zb Zb Z
2 f (x) f (y) dydx = @ f (x) dxA :
a x a

Hint: Notice that 0 b 12

Z ZZ
@ f (x) dxA = f (x) f (y) dxdy:
a [a;b] [a;b]

2
 5. a) Let f : Rn ! R and a; b 2 Rn . The mean-value theorem for several variables states that if f is
di¤erentiable at each point of the line segment ab, then there exists on ab a point c between a and b such
that
f (b) f (a) = rf (c) (b a) .
Prove this theorem by applying the mean-value theorem for one variable and a special case of the chain rule
to the function g (t) = f (p (t)) where t 2 [0; 1] and

p (t) = a + t(b a):

b) An open set U Rn is said to be connected if any two points of U can be joined by a polygonal path
that lies entirely in U . A polygonal path is a …nite union of straight line segments such that two adjacent
segments share one and only one endpoint. Give examples of an open set that is connected and an open set
that is not connected.
c) Use part a to show that if U is an open, connected set and rf (x) = 0 for all x 2 U then f is constant
on U: Hint: Consider two arbitrary points a; b 2 U and the polygonal path in U connecting them. Observe
that this polygonal path connects some points ci 2 U via straight line segments.
d) Use part c to show that if U is an open, connected set and rf (x) = rg (x) for all x 2 U then f and
g di¤er by a constant on U .
e) A set of points is said to be convex provided that every pair of points in the set can be joined by a
straight line segment that lies entirely within the set. Give examples of a set that is convex and a set that
is not convex.
f) Use part a to show that if krf (x)k M for all x in some convex set then

jf (x) f (y)j M kx yk for all x; y 2 .