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Assignment-2
Vector Analysis

Q1. Calculate the line integral of thefunction y

A  y 2 xˆ  2 x y  1yˆ from the point a  (1, 1, 0) to the 2

b
( 2)
(ii )
point b  (2, 2, 0) along the paths (1) and (2) as
1 a
(i ) (1)
shown in figure. What is  A  d l for the loop that goes
from a to b along (1) and returns to a along (2)? 1 2 x

Q2.  
Find the line integral of the vector A  x 2  y 2 xˆ  2 xyyˆ around a square of side ‘b’
which has a corner at the origin, one side on the x axis and the other side on the y axis.
z

0, 0 0, b
O R y

b, 0
P Q b, b
x

Q3. (a) Determine whether the force represented by


  
F x, y   k x 2  y 2 iˆ  2xy ˆj is conservative or not. Here y
B D(1,1,0)
k = 1Nm-2.
(b) Calculate the work done by this force in moving a
particle from the origin O (0, 0, 0) to the point D(1, 1, 0) on
A
the z = 0 plane along the paths OABD and OD as shown in O (0.5,0,0) x
the figure, where the coordinates are measured in meters.

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Q4. Calculate the surface integral of  

A  2 xzxˆ  x  2 yˆ  y z 2  3 zˆ over five sides
(excluding the bottom) of the cubical box (side 2) as shown in figure. Let “upward and
outward” be the positive direction, as indicated by the arrows.

z ( v) (ii )
2

(iv) (i ) (iii)
2 y
2
x

Q5. Calculate the volume integral of f  xyz 2 over the prism shown in the figure.
z
3

1
y
1

Q6. Let V = xy2, and take point a to be the origin (0, 0, 0) and b the point (2, 1, 0). Check the
fundamental theorem for gradients.
y

1 b
(iii)
(ii )
(i )
a x
1 2

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Q7. Compute the gradient and Laplacian of the z

function T  r  cos   sin  cos   . Check the

Laplacian by converting T to Cartesian 2

coordinates. Test the gradient theorem for this
function, using the path shown in figure, from 2 2 y

 0, 0, 0  to  0, 0, 2  .
x

Q8. Check the divergence theorem using the function A  y 2 xˆ   2 xy  z 2  yˆ  2 yzzˆ and the

unit cube situated at the origin. z

Q9. Check the divergence theorem for the function

A2
rs
i
n 
ˆ
rr
42
co 
sˆ
r2
ta
nˆ 
 

using the volume of the “ice-crem cone” shown in the figure. 30
(The top surface is spherical, with radius R and centered at the origin) R
y
x


Q10. For the vector field V  xz 2 iˆ  yz 2 ˆj  z x 2  y 2 kˆ , 

(a) Calculate the volume integral of the divergence of V out of the region defined by
–a ≤ x ≤ a, -b ≤ y ≤ b and 0≤ z ≤ c.

(b) Calculate the flux of V out of the region through the surface at z = c. Hence deduce
the net flux through the rest of the boundary of the region.

Q11. Consider a vector A  4 yx 2 xˆ  3 y 2 yˆ y
 P(0,1) Q(1,1)
(a) Calculate the line integral  A  d l from point P→O

along the path P→Q→R→O as shown in the figure.

(b) Using Stokes’s theorem appropriately,

calculate  A  d l for the same path P→Q→R→O.
x
O(0,0) R(1,0)

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Q12. How much work is done when an object moves from O → P → Q → R → O in a force

field given by F x, y   x 2  y 2 iˆ  2 xy ˆj along the rectangular path shown. Find the
answer by evaluating the line integral and also by using the Stokes’ theorem.

P Q  a, b 

x
O(0,0) R
 
Q13. (a) Consider a constant vector field v  v0 kˆ . Find any one of the many possible vectors u ,
  
for which   u  v .

(b) Using Stoke’s theorem, evaluate the flux associated with the field v through the
curved hemispherical surface defined by x2 + y2 + z2 = r2, z > 0.
Q14. Compute the line integral of
z
A  6 xˆ  yz yˆ   3 y  z  zˆ
2
2

along the triangular path shown in figure. Check your

answer using Stoke’s theorem.
1 y
x

Q15. Check Stoke’s theorem for the function A  yzˆ using the triangular surface shown in
figure below. z
0,0, a

y
0,2a,0
x a,0,0

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