Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 15 - Vector Analysis - 15.1 Exercises - Page 1049: 44

Answer

\begin{align} \operatorname{curl} \mathbf{F}&=(z+2x) \mathbf{i}+x^2 \mathbf{j} -2z \mathbf{k} \end{align} \begin{align} \operatorname{curl} \mathbf{F}(2,1,3)&=7 \mathbf{i}+4 \mathbf{j}-6\mathbf{k}\\ \end{align}

Work Step by Step

Given $$\mathbf{F}(x, y, z)=\mathbf{F}(x, y, z)=x^{2} z \mathbf{i}-2 x z \mathbf{j}+y z \mathbf{k} ;\ \ \ \ \ (2,-1,3) $$ Since \begin{align}\mathbf{F}(x,y)&=M \mathbf{i}+N\mathbf{j}+P\mathbf{k}\end{align} we get \begin{array}{l} {M=x^2 z} \\ {N=-2xz} \\ {P=yz}\end{array} therefore we have \begin{align} \operatorname{curl} \mathbf{F}&=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}{\mathbf{i}} & {\mathbf{j}} & {\mathbf{k}} \\ {\frac{\partial}{\partial x}} & {\frac{\partial}{\partial y}} & {\frac{\partial}{\partial z}} \\ {M} & {N} & {P}\end{array}\right|\\ &=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}{\mathbf{i}} & {\mathbf{j}} & {\mathbf{k}} \\ {\frac{\partial}{\partial x}} & {\frac{\partial}{\partial y}} & {\frac{\partial}{\partial z}} \\ {x^2 z} & {-2x z} & { y z}\end{array}\right|\\ &=\left(\frac{\partial}{\partial y}( yz)-\frac{\partial}{\partial z}(-2x z)\right) \mathbf{i} -\left(\frac{\partial}{\partial x}(y z)-\frac{\partial}{\partial z}(x^2 z)\right) \mathbf{j} +\left(\frac{\partial}{\partial x}(-2x z)-\frac{\partial}{\partial y}(x^2 z)\right) \mathbf{k}\\ &=(z+2x) \mathbf{i}-(0-x^2) \mathbf{j}+(-2z-0) \mathbf{k}\\ &=(z+2x) \mathbf{i}+x^2 \mathbf{j} -2z \mathbf{k} \end{align} \begin{align} \operatorname{curl} \mathbf{F}(2,-1,3)&=(3+4) \mathbf{i}+2^2 \mathbf{j} -6 \mathbf{k}\\ &=7 \mathbf{i}+4 \mathbf{j}-6\mathbf{k}\\ \end{align}
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