CALCULUS 3

LAB 36

NAME: ________________________________
16.8 STOKES THEOREM

Lab Time: ____________ Date: ___________

Useful Formulas:
We can think of Stokes Theorem as a variation fo Greens Theorem for non-flat surfaces:
Greens Theorem allows us to exchange the line integral around a closed loop C for the double integral of a
related function on the interior of the region:

F dr Pdx Qdy

Q
x

P
y

dA

If we write F dr curl F k dA , this allows us to write the vector form of Greens Theorem, which
C

holds even when we are not in the xy-plane, so long as n is a unit normal:

F dr curl F n dS curl F dS

Stokes Theorem tells us that this pattern continues to hold even when the surface is not flat:

F dr curl F dS

In these cases we can evaluate the surface integral in terms of its native parameters u and v
or evaluate the line integral along the boundary curve by parameterizing in terms of t,
whichever is easier.

1.

If

F x, y , z x 2 z 2i y 2 z 2 j xyzk x 2 z 2 , y 2 z 2 , xyz

that lies inside the circle x 2 y 2 4 , evaluate

and S is the part of the paraboloid z x 2 y 2

curl F dS
S

(Hint: Use Stokes Theorem to convert this surface integral into a line integral.)
The boundary of the surface is the line integral with r x, y, z 2 cos , 2 sin ,4
This means that dr 2 sin , 2 cos ,0 and F 32 cos 2 ,32 sin 2 ,16 cos sin
2

curl F dS F dr
S

2.

32 2
3

32 cos 2 ,32 sin 2 ,16 cos sin 2 sin , 2 cos ,0 d

32 2 cos 2 sin 32 2 sin 2 cos 0d

cos 3 323 2 sin 3 0

32 2 cos sin 32 2 sin cosd

2

2
2
2
If F x, y, z x y i y z j z x k

x y2 , y z 2 , z x2

and S is the triangular region with

vertices at 1,0,0 and 0,1,0 and 0,0,1 oriented counterclockwise, evaluate

F dr

(Hint: Use Stokes Theorem to convert this line integral into a surface integral.)

curl F F

x y ,y z ,z x
2

x y

y z2

zx

i
2

x y2

z x2

x y2

y z2

yz

z
2

z x2

0 2 z i 2 x 0 j 0 2 y k 2 zi 2 xj 2 yk 2 z ,2 x,2 y

Now since the triangle has vertices at 1,0,0 and 0,1,0 and 0,0,1 , this means that it is
a plane with equation: x y z 1 z 1 x y
Therefore: r x, y,1 x y
So rx 1,0,1 and ry 0,1,1
r
x

r
y

i
1,0,1 0,1,1 1
0

j
0
1

k
1
1

0 1 i 1 0 j 1 0 k 1i 1j 1k 1,1,1

Then

r
u

rv

Now since
Then

F dr curl F dS
S

4 9 1 14

2 2 x 2 y ,2 x,2 y 1,1,1 dydx

x 1

2 2 x 2 y 2 x 2 ydydx
x 0

r x, y ,1 x y curl F 2 2 x 2 y ,2 x,2 y

2 2 3 2 1 2

x 1

x 0

y 1 x

2 y y 0 dx

x 1

x 0

21 x dx

y 1 x

y 0

x 1

x 0

2dydx

2 2 xdx 2 x x 2

x 1
x 0

2 1 0 1