Introduction
In this part we’ll cover Green’s Theorem, which will allow us to have a relationship between integrals and double integrals.
Before starting, we will only work with simple curves. Which essentially just means that the curves have no self-injections (only exception is when it starts and ends at the same point).
If C C C is a simple and closed curve, e.g a circle. Then C C C determines a inner region, D D D . In this case, we write ∂ D = C \partial D = C ∂ D = C . Meaning the border of D D D .
NB: “Positive” orientation is counter-clockwise and “Negative” orientation is clockwise.
Theorem 1 (Green’s Theorem) Let C C C be a simple, closed curve oriented positively. Let D D D be the region it surrounds and let P , Q : D → R P, Q: D \rarr \mathbb{R} P , Q : D → R .
∫ C P d x + Q d y = ∬ D ∂ Q ∂ x − ∂ P ∂ y d x d y \int_C P\ dx + Q\ dy = \iint_D \dfrac{\partial Q}{\partial x} - \dfrac{\partial P}{\partial y}\ dx\ dy ∫ C P d x + Q d y = ∬ D ∂ x ∂ Q − ∂ y ∂ P d x d y Equivalently:
∫ ∂ D P d x + Q d y = ∬ D ∂ Q ∂ x − ∂ P ∂ y d x d y \int_{\partial D} P\ dx + Q\ dy = \iint_D \dfrac{\partial Q}{\partial x} - \dfrac{\partial P}{\partial y}\ dx\ dy ∫ ∂ D P d x + Q d y = ∬ D ∂ x ∂ Q − ∂ y ∂ P d x d y
Example 1 Evaluate ∫ C x 4 d x + x y d y \int_C x^4\ dx + xy\ dy ∫ C x 4 d x + x y d y where C is the triangle going from ( 0 , 0 ) (0, 0) ( 0 , 0 ) to ( 1 , 0 ) (1, 0) ( 1 , 0 ) to ( 0 , 1 ) (0, 1) ( 0 , 1 ) then back to ( 0 , 0 ) (0, 0) ( 0 , 0 ) .
∫ C x 4 d x + x y d y = ∬ D ∂ Q ∂ x − ∂ P ∂ y d x d y = ∬ D y − 0 d x d y \int_C x^4\ dx + xy\ dy = \iint_D \dfrac{\partial Q}{\partial x} - \dfrac{\partial P}{\partial y}\ dx\ dy = \iint_D y - 0\ dx\ dy ∫ C x 4 d x + x y d y = ∬ D ∂ x ∂ Q − ∂ y ∂ P d x d y = ∬ D y − 0 d x d y Which then just becomes:
∫ 0 1 ∫ 0 1 − x y d y d x \int_0^1 \int_0^{1 - x} y\ dy\ dx ∫ 0 1 ∫ 0 1 − x y d y d x ∫ 0 1 y 2 2 ∣ y = 0 y = 1 − x \int_0^1 \dfrac{y^2}{2} \bigg\rvert_{y = 0}^{y = 1 - x} ∫ 0 1 2 y 2 y = 0 y = 1 − x ∫ 0 1 ( 1 − x ) 2 2 d x \int_0^1 \dfrac{(1 - x)^2}{2}\ dx ∫ 0 1 2 ( 1 − x ) 2 d x 1 2 ∫ 0 1 ( 1 − x ) 2 d x \dfrac{1}{2} \int_0^1 (1 - x)^2\ dx 2 1 ∫ 0 1 ( 1 − x ) 2 d x 1 2 ∫ 0 1 1 − 2 x + x 2 d x \dfrac{1}{2} \int_0^1 1 - 2x + x^2\ dx 2 1 ∫ 0 1 1 − 2 x + x 2 d x 1 2 [ x − x 2 + x 3 3 ∣ x = 0 x = 1 ] d x \dfrac{1}{2} \left[x - x^2 + \dfrac{x^3}{3} \bigg\rvert_{x = 0}^{x = 1}\right]\ dx 2 1 [ x − x 2 + 3 x 3 x = 0 x = 1 ] d x 1 6 \boxed{\dfrac{1}{6}} 6 1
Example 2 Evaluate ∫ C ( 3 y − e s i n ( x ) ) d x + ( 7 x + y 4 + 1 ) d y \int_C (3y - e^{sin(x)})\ dx + (7x + \sqrt{y^4 + 1})\ dy ∫ C ( 3 y − e s in ( x ) ) d x + ( 7 x + y 4 + 1 ) d y
For, C = { ( x , y ) ∣ x 2 + y 2 = 9 } C = \{(x, y) | x^2 + y^2 = 9\} C = {( x , y ) ∣ x 2 + y 2 = 9 } , with positive orientation.
∫ C ( 3 y − e s i n ( x ) d x + ( 7 x + y 4 + 1 ) d y = ∬ D ∂ Q ∂ x − ∂ P ∂ y d x d y = ∬ D ( 7 − 3 ) d x d y \int_C (3y - e^{sin(x)}\ dx + (7x + \sqrt{y^4 + 1})\ dy = \iint_D \dfrac{\partial Q}{\partial x} - \dfrac{\partial P}{\partial y}\ dx\ dy = \iint_D (7 - 3)\ dx\ dy ∫ C ( 3 y − e s in ( x ) d x + ( 7 x + y 4 + 1 ) d y = ∬ D ∂ x ∂ Q − ∂ y ∂ P d x d y = ∬ D ( 7 − 3 ) d x d y ∬ D 4 d x d y \iint_D 4\ dx\ dy ∬ D 4 d x d y 4 ∬ D 1 d x d y 4 \iint_D 1\ dx\ dy 4 ∬ D 1 d x d y We can either, do a change of variables to polar coordinates, or just use the definition that this is just the area of the circle.
4 ⋅ π 3 2 = 36 π 4 \cdot \pi 3^2 = 36\pi 4 ⋅ π 3 2 = 36 π With polar coordinates:
S = { ( r , θ ) ∣ 0 ≤ r ≤ 3 , 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2 π } S = \{(r, \theta) | 0 \leq r \leq 3, 0 \leq \theta \leq 2\pi\} S = {( r , θ ) ∣0 ≤ r ≤ 3 , 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2 π } 4 ∫ 0 2 π ∫ 0 3 1 ⋅ r d r d θ 4 \int_0^{2\pi} \int_0^3 1 \cdot r\ dr\ d\theta 4 ∫ 0 2 π ∫ 0 3 1 ⋅ r d r d θ 4 ∫ 0 2 π 9 2 d θ 4 \int_0^{2\pi} \dfrac{9}{2}\ d\theta 4 ∫ 0 2 π 2 9 d θ 4 ⋅ 9 π = 36 π 4 \cdot 9 \pi = 36\pi 4 ⋅ 9 π = 36 π
Applications
As we just saw, this could maybe be useful to compute areas, using Green’s Theorem “backwards”.
Area ( D ) = ∬ D 1 d A \text{Area}(D) = \iint_D 1\ dA Area ( D ) = ∬ D 1 d A
Which, by Green’s Theorem, means that:
P ( x , y ) = 0 Q ( x , y ) = x P(x, y) = 0 \newline
Q(x, y) = x P ( x , y ) = 0 Q ( x , y ) = x
or
P ( x , y ) = − y Q ( x , y ) = 0 P(x, y) = -y \newline
Q(x, y) = 0 P ( x , y ) = − y Q ( x , y ) = 0
Yields this result.
Example 3 Find the area of the ellipse x 2 a 2 + y 2 b 2 = 1 \dfrac{x^2}{a^2} + \dfrac{y^2}{b^2} = 1 a 2 x 2 + b 2 y 2 = 1 .
∬ D 1 d A = ∫ ∂ D x d y \iint_D 1\ dA = \int_{\partial D} x\ dy ∬ D 1 d A = ∫ ∂ D x d y We need to parameterize the border of this ellipse. The parameterization for a circle is:
r ⃗ ( t ) = ⟨ c o s ( t ) , s i n ( t ) ⟩ ∣ 0 ≤ t ≤ 2 π \vec{r}(t) = \langle cos(t), sin(t) \rangle \ | \ 0 \leq t \leq 2\pi r ( t ) = ⟨ cos ( t ) , s in ( t )⟩ ∣ 0 ≤ t ≤ 2 π For an ellipse, we could take a naive guess and guess that it is:
r ⃗ ( t ) = ⟨ a c o s ( t ) , b s i n ( t ) ⟩ ∣ 0 ≤ t ≤ 2 π \vec{r}(t) = \langle a cos(t), b sin(t) \rangle \ | \ 0 \leq t \leq 2\pi r ( t ) = ⟨ a cos ( t ) , b s in ( t )⟩ ∣ 0 ≤ t ≤ 2 π One can prove that this works, but it does :)
So:
∫ 0 2 π x d y = ∫ 0 2 π a c o s ( t ) ⋅ b c o s ( t ) d t = a b ∫ 0 2 π c o s 2 ( t ) d t = … = a b π \int_0^{2\pi} x\ dy = \int_0^{2\pi} a cos(t) \cdot b cos(t)\ dt = ab \int_0^{2\pi} cos^2(t)\ dt = \ldots = \boxed{ab\pi} ∫ 0 2 π x d y = ∫ 0 2 π a cos ( t ) ⋅ b cos ( t ) d t = ab ∫ 0 2 π co s 2 ( t ) d t = … = abπ
Parametric surfaces
Definition 1 (Parametric surface) A parametric surface is a region, S ⊂ R 3 S \subset \mathbb{R}^3 S ⊂ R 3 , which is the image of a function, r : D → R 3 r: D \rarr \mathbb{R}^3 r : D → R 3 , defined on a region D ⊂ R 2 D \subset \mathbb{R}^2 D ⊂ R 2 of the plane.
Which means we can parameterize:
r ⃗ ( u , v ) = ⟨ x ( u , v ) , y ( u , v ) , z ( u , v ) ⟩ \vec{r}(u, v) = \langle x(u, v), y(u, v), z(u, v) \rangle r ( u , v ) = ⟨ x ( u , v ) , y ( u , v ) , z ( u , v )⟩
Example 4 r ⃗ ( u , v ) = ⟨ u c o s ( v ) , u s i n ( v ) , 1 ⟩ ∣ 0 ≤ u ≤ 1 , 0 ≤ v ≤ 2 π \vec{r}(u, v) = \langle u cos(v), u sin(v), 1 \rangle \ | \ 0 \leq u \leq 1, 0 \leq v \leq 2\pi r ( u , v ) = ⟨ u cos ( v ) , u s in ( v ) , 1 ⟩ ∣ 0 ≤ u ≤ 1 , 0 ≤ v ≤ 2 π Plotting this parameterization:
Example 5 Elliptic paraboloid is the surface with equation:
z = x 2 + 2 y 2 z = x^2 + 2y^2 z = x 2 + 2 y 2 The parameterization is therefore:
r ⃗ ( x , y ) ⟨ x , y , x 2 + 2 y 2 ⟩ \vec{r}(x, y) \langle x, y, x^2 + 2y^2 \rangle r ( x , y ) ⟨ x , y , x 2 + 2 y 2 ⟩
Example 6 Find a parameterization of:
x 2 + y 2 = 2 0 ≤ z ≤ 1 x^2 + y^2 = 2 \newline
0 \leq z \leq 1 x 2 + y 2 = 2 0 ≤ z ≤ 1 r ⃗ u , v = ⟨ 2 c o s ( u ) , 2 s i n ( u ) , v ⟩ ∣ 0 ≤ u ≤ 2 π , 0 ≤ v ≤ 1 \vec{r}{u, v} = \langle 2 cos(u), 2 sin(u), v \rangle \ | \ 0 \leq u \leq 2\pi, 0 \leq v \leq 1 r u , v = ⟨ 2 cos ( u ) , 2 s in ( u ) , v ⟩ ∣ 0 ≤ u ≤ 2 π , 0 ≤ v ≤ 1 Plot: