CALCULUS 3

LAB 34

NAME: ________________________________
16.6 PARAMETRIC SURFACES

Lab Time: ____________ Date: ___________

Useful Formulas:
Just as we can rewrite a simple curve in 3-space as a parametric function of one variable: r t
, we can similarly describe the equation of a surface in terms of two variables:
r u, v x u , v , y u, v , z u , v
Given two vectors v1 and v 2 in a plane, and a base point r0 in the plane, then the
equation of the plane can be written in vector form as: p s, t r0 sv1 tv 2
This is particularly useful when attempting to define the parametric equation
of a tangent plane. The directional derivatives ru and r
v automatically lie in the

x t , y t , z t

tangent plane. So p s, t r0 s ur t rv is the parametric equation of the tangent plane itself.

Alternately, we could write the plane in the form: A x x0 B y y0 C z z0 0 which requires the
location of a base point r0 x0 , y0 , z0 on the surface and a vector n A, B, C that is normal to the
surface. Since the cross product is always perpendicular to the original vectors which produced it, we can easily
create such a vector by: n ur rv ru rv .
This vector can be further used to help define the parametric form of surface area: S.A. ru rv dudv
D

1.

Find a parameterization of the following surface: y 4 x 2 z 2

r x, y , z x , y , z x, 4 x 2 z 2 , z
So let x u and z v y 4u 2 v 2
r u , v x, y , z u ,4u 2 v 2 , v

2.

Find a parameterization for the upper half of the sphere of radius 3 and give and relevant restrictions on
the variables.
The equation of the sphere of radius 3 is: x 2 y 2 z 2 9
Using the transformation to spherical coordinates:
x 3 sin cos
y 3 sin sin
z 3 cos

Notice that these equations have only two variables, so we already have what we need.
To get the upper half of the sphere, we make the restrictions: 0 2 and 0 2
3.

Find a paramerterization for the paraboloid: x 2 y 2 z

and use it to find a parametric equation for the tangent plane to the surface at the point 1,1,2
Letting x u and y v z u 2 v 2
r u , v, u 2 v 2

So

r
u

1,0,2u and

r
v

0,1,2v . At the point

1,1,2 u 1 and v 1 ur

1,0,2 and

r
v

0,1,2

Thus the parametric equation of the tangent plane is:

p s , t 1,1,2 s 1,0,2 t 0,1,2 1 s,1 t ,2 2 s 2t
4.

Fine the surface area of the part of the paraboloid x 2 y 2 z beneath the plane z 4

x u and

Letting

y v z u2 v2

r u , v, u 2 v 2

r
u

1,0,2u and

r
u

So

r
v

0,1,2v

r
v

i
1,0,2u 0,1,2v 1

j
0

k
2u

2v

2u

2v

2u

2v

0 2u i 2v 0 j 1 0 k 2ui 2vj 1k 2u ,2v,1

Then

r
u

S.A.

2u 2 2v 2 1 2

rv

rv dudv

4u 2 4v 2 1

4u 2 4v 2 1dudv

Converting to polar: u r cos and v r sin dudv rdrd

4u 2 4v 2 1dudv

r 2

r 2

4 r cos 4 r sin 1 rdrd

2

r 0

4r 2 cos 2 4r 2 sin 2 1 rdrd

r 0

r 2

r 0

1
12

r 4r 2 1 2 drd

17 1d
3
2

1
12

1
8

17

r 2

r 0

23 4r 2 1

3
2

r 4r 2 1drd

r 2
r 0

17 1 d

1
12

17

1
12

4r

17 1

2
0

3
2

r 2
r 0

17 617 1