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Triple Integrals in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates

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Cylindrical coordinates in three dimensional space is similar to the polar coordinates in two dimensional space:
Cylindrical coordinates are related to Cartesian coordinates as follows:
x=rcosθy=rsinθz=z\begin{array}{c} x=r\cos \theta\\[10pt] y=r\sin\theta\\[10pt] z=z \end{array}
Similar to polar coordinates:
r2=x2+y2dV=dxdydz=drrdθdz\begin{array}{c} r^2=x^2+y^2\\[10pt] dV=dxdydz=dr\cdot rd\theta\cdot dz \end{array}
The following integration could be rewritten in terms of cylindrical coordinates:
Ef(x,y,z)dV=D[z1(z,y)z2(x,y)f(x,y,z)dz]dA\iiint_Ef(x,y,z)dV=\iint_D\bigg[\int_{z_1(z,y)}^{z_2(x,y)}f(x,y,z)dz\bigg]dA
if region DD is defined as:
D={(r,θ)αθβ, g1(θ)rg2(θ)}D = \{(r, \theta)|\alpha \le \theta \le \beta,\ g_1(\theta) \le r \le g_2(\theta) \}
Then, the general form of a triple integral using cylindrical coordinates will be:
Ef(x,y,z)dV=αβg1(θ)g2(θ)z1(rcosθ,rsinθ)z2(rcosθ,rsinθ)f(rcosθ,rsinθ,z)rdrdθdz\iiint_Ef(x,y,z)dV=\int_\alpha^\beta\int_{g_1(\theta)}^{g_2(\theta)}\int_{z_1(r\cos\theta,r\sin\theta)}^{z_2(r\cos\theta,r\sin\theta)}f(r\cos\theta,r\sin\theta,z)rdrd\theta dz

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  • A sketch of spherical space is shown below:
  • Spherical coordinates are related to Cartesian coordinates as follows:
x=ρsinϕcosθy=ρsinϕsinθz=ρcosϕ\begin{array}{c} x=\rho\sin\phi\cos\theta\\[10pt] y=\rho\sin\phi\sin\theta\\[10pt] z=\rho\cos\phi \end{array}
where that θ\theta is the angle in the xyx-y space.
ϕ\phi is the angle measured from the positive zz-axis.
θ\theta is the distance from the origin.
  • We also have:
ρ2=x2+y2+z2dV=ρ2sinϕdϕdρdθ=ρsinϕdθρdϕdρ\begin{array}{c} \rho^2=x^2+y^2+z^2\\[10pt] dV=\rho^2\sin\phi d\phi d\rho d\theta=\rho\sin\phi d\theta\cdot\rho d\phi\cdot d\rho \end{array}

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  • If region EE in spherical space is defined as follows:
E={(ρ,θ,ϕ)arhob, αθβ, λϕμ}E=\{(\rho,\theta,\phi)|a\le rho\le b,\ \alpha\le\theta\le\beta,\ \lambda\le\phi\le\mu\}
Then, the triple integral of f(x,y,z)f(x,y,z) over EE is equal to:
Ef(x,y,z)dV=λμαβabf(ρsinϕcosθ,ρsinϕsinθ,ρcosϕ)ρ2sinϕdρdθdϕ\iiint_Ef(x,y,z)dV=\int_\lambda^\mu\int_\alpha^\beta\int_a^bf(\rho\sin\phi\cos\theta,\rho\sin\phi\sin\theta,\rho\cos\phi)\rho^2\sin\phi d\rho d\theta d\phi

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Calculate the volume under z=x2+y2z=\sqrt{x^2+y^2} within the cylinder x2+y2=4x^2+y^2=4, and between the planes z=0z=0 and z=4z=4.
x2+y2=r2=40r2x^2+y^2=r^2=4\Rightarrow 0\leq r\leq 2



x2+y2=r2=r\sqrt{x^2+y^2}=\sqrt{r^2}=r

V=02πdθ02dr0r  r  dz\displaystyle V=\int_0^{2\pi} d\theta\int_0^2 dr\int_0^r\;r\;dz=02πdθ02dr  rz0r\displaystyle= \int_0^{2\pi} d\theta\int_0^2 dr\;rz\bigg\vert_0^r

=02πdθ02dr  r2=02πdθ(r3/3)02\displaystyle=\int_0^{2\pi} d\theta\int_0^2 dr\;r^2= \int_0^{2\pi} d\theta(r^3/3)\bigg\vert_0^2=02πdθ8/3=8302πdθ=16π3\displaystyle=\int_0^{2\pi} d\theta8/3=\frac{8}{3}\int_0^{2\pi} d\theta=\frac{16\pi}{3}
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Calculate the volume of the solid that is above the cone z=x2+y2z=\sqrt{x^2+y^2} and below the sphere x2+y2+z2=1x^2+y^2+z^2=1.

0θ2π0\le\theta\le2\pi
0ρ10\le\rho\le1
x2+y2+z2=ρ2=1x^2+y^2+z^2=\rho^2=1
zx2+y2ρcos(ϕ)ρsin(ϕ)z\geq\sqrt{x^2+y^2}\Rightarrow \rho\cos(\phi)\geq\rho\sin(\phi)
cos(ϕ)sin(ϕ)tan(ϕ)10ϕπ/4\cos(\phi)\geq\sin(\phi)\Rightarrow \tan(\phi)\leq1\Rightarrow 0\leq\phi\leq\pi/4

V=EdV=02π  dθ0π/4  dϕ01  dρ  ρ2sin(ϕ)\displaystyle V=\iiint_E dV=\int_0^{2\pi}\;d\theta\int_0^{\pi/4}\;d\phi\int_0^{1}\;d\rho\;\rho^2\sin(\phi)
=02π  dθ0π/4sin(ϕ)  dϕ01  dρ  ρ2=2π(cos(ϕ))0π/413ρ301\displaystyle=\int_0^{2\pi}\;d\theta\int_0^{\pi/4}\sin(\phi)\;d\phi\int_0^{1}\;d\rho\;\rho^2= 2\pi(-\cos(\phi))\bigg\vert_0^{\pi/4}\cdot\frac{1}{3}\rho^3\bigg\vert_0^1
=2π[cos(π/4)+cos(0)]13(1)3=2π3[122]=2\pi[-\cos(\pi/4)+\cos(0)]\cdot\frac{1}{3}(1)^3=\frac{2\pi}{3}[1-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}]
Evaluate 055x20x2+y21193x23y2(2x3y)dzdydx\displaystyle\int_{0}^{\sqrt{5}}\int_{-\sqrt{5-x^2}}^{0}\int_{x^2+y^2-11}^{9-3x^2-3y^2}(2x-3y)dzdydxusing cylindrical coordinates.
Evaluate x2+y2dVE                            \displaystyle\int\int\int x^2+y^2dV\newline{} \scriptsize{E}~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, where E is the region portion at x2+y2+z2=4x^2+y^2+z^2=4 with y0.y\geq0.
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Let S be the region on the first octant which lies above z2=x2+y2z^2=x^2+y^2 and below (z1)2+x2+y2=1.(z-1)^2+x^2+y^2=1.Express in:

a) Cylindrical Coordinates
b) Spherical Coordinates
c) Evaluate using either