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University of Cape Town

University Examinations – November 2015
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
MAM2083S/MAM2085S

Time : 2 12 hours Full Marks: 100

Marks available: 101
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7. There are 10 questions in this examination; there are 13 pages after this one (14 in total).
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1. Let C be the curve

r(t) = (sin t + 2 cos t, 2t, 2 sin t − cos t), t ∈ [0, 2π ].

(a) Show that C lies on a cylinder.

(b) What is the length of C?

(c) Find the unit tangent vector T(t) for C.

(d) Give the vector equation of the tangent line to C at the point P(1, π, 2).

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 (e) Determine the curvature of C at P.

(f) Give the Cartesian equation of the osculating plane for C at P.

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2. Let f ( x, y, z) = 2x2 z + ln(4 − z2 − 2y2 ) and P be the point (2, −1, 1).

(a) The domain of f is a solid in R3 . Find the domain, and say what type of solid it is.

(b) The point P lies on a level surface S of f . Give the equation of this level surface.

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(c) Find ∇ f ( x, y, z) and ∇ f (2, −1, 1).

(d) Explain why f is differentiable at P.

(e) Write down the Cartesian equation of the tangent plane to S at P.

(f) Find the directional derivative of f at P in the direction of the vector (2, −1, 3).

(g) In which direction will the function f increase most rapidly at P? What is the maxi-
mum rate of increase?

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 2x − y if ( x, y) 6= (0, 0),
3. Let f ( x, y) = x 2 + y2
0 if ( x, y) = (0, 0).


Answer the following questions, showing clearly how you arrived at your answers.

(a) Do f x (0, 0) and f y (0, 0) exist? If so, find their values.

(b) Is f continuous at (0, 0)?

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(c) Is f differentiable at (0, 0)?

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 Z 2 Z √4x− x2
xy xy
ZZ
4. Let I = dA = dydx.
R x + y2
2
0 x x2 + y2
(a) Make a sketch of the region R.

(b) Describe R using polar coordinates.

(c) Find the value of I.

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5. Find the area of the part of the sphere x2 + y2 + z2 = 4 in the first octant that lies outside
the cylinder x2 + y2 = 1.

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6. Do either (a) or (b); NOT both (a) and (b).

(a) Find and classify the stationary points of the function f ( x, y) = x3 − 3x2 + 2xy − y2 .

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(b) The transformation ( F ) : R2 → R2 is defined by
 y
(u, v) = F( x, y) = x3 y2 , − .
x
S is the square in R2 with centre (1, 2) and side length 0.2 and R is the region in the
first quadrant enclosed by the curves x3 y2 = 1, x3 y2 = 4, y = x and y = 3x.
(i) Find the Jacobian of F.

(ii) Find the approximate area of the image F(S) of S.

ZZ
(iii) Write the double integral 5y3 dA as a repeated integral with respect to u and
R
v and then evaluate it.

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7. (a) Let R be the region in R2 enclosed by the curves Iy = x2 and x = y2 , and C the
positively oriented boundary curve of R. Evaluate sin(πx ) dx + ( xy + ey ) dy.
C

Z
(b) Evaluate (y2 + sin(πx )) dx + (2xy + ey ) dy, where C1 is the part of the circle
C1
x2 + y2 = 2y in the first quadrant, with an anti-clockwise direction.

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8. Let S1 be the surface x2 + y2 + z2 = 4y and S2 the cone z = x2 + y2 , and B the solid that
lies inside the cone and below S1 .
(a) Draw a sketch showing the traces of S1 , S2 and B in the yz-plane.

(b) Describe B in spherical coordinates.

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(c) Find the mass of B if the density is given by the function g( x, y, z) = x 2 + y2 + z2
.

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9. The velocity field of a fluid is given by

v( x, y, z) = (2x − 3y2 xz, y3 z + e2z , z + x2 + y2 ).

(a) Find the divergence of v( x, y, z).

(b) Let B be the solid lying below the surface z = 9 − x2 − y2 and above the plane z = 5,
and S the boundary surface of B. Find the outward flux through S of the fluid with
velocity field v.

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10. The force field F is given by F( x, y, z) = (6xyz + 5y, 3x2 z + e−y , xz3 + 2yz).

(a) Find curl(F( x, y, z)).

(b) Is F a conservative field?

(c) Use Stokes’ Theorem to find the work done when a particle is moved in the force
field F along the curve C that is the intersection of the plane z = 5 and the surface
z = 9 − x2 − y2 in an anti-clockwise direction.

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