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Math 241 Final Exam
Part one
1. (a) State the divergence theorem.
(b) Using any method you wish, evaluate
!!
S
!
F! · dS
where F! = !3x, xy, 2xz" and S is the surface of the solid cube [0, 1] × [0, 1] × [0, 1].
2. Which of the following two vector fields is conservative?
F!1 = !yex , ex + 1"
F!2 = !y 2 , x"
What is the potential function for the conservative vector field?
3. Below are picture four oriented curves, C1 , C2 , C3 , C4 in a vector field F! . For each of these
curves, state whether
!
F! · d!r
C
is positive, negative or zero.
C2
C1
C3
C4
4. Draw three pictures of a two-dimensional vector field: one with positive divergence at (0, 0),
one with negative divergence at (0, 0) and one with zero divergence at (0, 0). Explain why
your pictures have the required property.
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! where F = !x, y, y" and S is the triangle with vertices (1, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 1).
5. Calculate S F! ·dS,
6. (a) State Green’s theorem.
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(b) Using any method you wish, evaluate
!
ey dx + 2xey dy
C
where C is the square with sides x = 0, x = 1 and y = 0, y = 1.
Part Two
1. Let f be a function and let !a, !b, !c, d! be vector fields. State whether each expression is meaningful. If so, state whether it is a function or a vector field.
!
(a) (!a × !b) · (!c × d)
(b) div(!a · !b)
(c) div(curl !a)
(d) curl(curl(curl !a))
(e) (!a · !b) × !c
(f) ∇f × curl !a
(g) ∇(!a · !b)
(h) ∇(curl !a)
(i) ∇(∇f )
(j) div(∇f )
2. Find the maximum and minimum values of f (x, y) = 4x + 6y subject to the constraint
x2 + y 2 = 13.
3. Let f (x, y, z) = x2 − y 2 − z 2 . At (1, 1, 1), what is the direction in which f increases fastest?
Which direction does f decrease fastest?
4. Let f (α, β) = αeα+β + sin β. Find fα , fβ , fαα , fββ , fαβ .
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5. What is the average value of f (x, y) = x2 + y 2 on the disk of radius a, x2 + y 2 ≤ a2 ?
6. What is the equation of the plane through the three points (1, 1, 1), (1, 1, 2), (0, 0, −1)?
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