Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
ISBN 13: 978-1-46412-526-3

Chapter 13 - Vector Geometry - 13.7 Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates - Exercises - Page 700: 66

Answer

The equations in spherical coordinates for this surface: $\rho = 0$ or $\phi = \frac{\pi }{6}$ or $\phi = \frac{{5\pi }}{6}$.

Work Step by Step

We have ${z^2} = 3\left( {{x^2} + {y^2}} \right)$. The relations between rectangular and spherical coordinates are $x = \rho \sin \phi \cos \theta $ $y = \rho \sin \phi \sin \theta $ $z = \rho \cos \phi $ Substituting these in ${z^2} = 3\left( {{x^2} + {y^2}} \right)$ gives ${\left( {\rho \cos \phi } \right)^2} = 3\left( {{{\left( {\rho \sin \phi \cos \theta } \right)}^2} + {{\left( {\rho \sin \phi \sin \theta } \right)}^2}} \right)$ ${\rho ^2}{\cos ^2}\phi = 3\left( {{\rho ^2}{{\sin }^2}\phi {{\cos }^2}\theta + {\rho ^2}{{\sin }^2}\phi {{\sin }^2}\theta } \right)$ ${\rho ^2}{\cos ^2}\phi = 3{\rho ^2}{\sin ^2}\phi $ ${\rho ^2}\left( {{{\cos }^2}\phi - 3{{\sin }^2}\phi } \right) = 0$ ${\rho ^2} = 0$ ${\ \ }$ or ${\ \ }$ ${\cos ^2}\phi = 3{\sin ^2}\phi $, ${\ }$ $\tan \phi = \pm \frac{1}{{\sqrt 3 }}$ The solutions are the equations in spherical coordinates for this surface: $\rho = 0$ or $\phi = \frac{\pi }{6}$ or $\phi = \frac{{5\pi }}{6}$.
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