Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 14 - Vector Calculus - 14.6 Surface Integrals - 14.6 Exercises - Page 1123: 3

Answer

$x =a \sin \phi \cos \theta; y=a \sin \phi \sin \theta;$ and $z= a \cos \phi$

Work Step by Step

Let us consider $Z$ be the axis parameter and the spherical parameters of a sphere can be written as: $\rho, \theta, \phi,$. Assume that $a$ be the radius of the sphere. Here, $\rho=a, \theta \in [0, 2\pi]$ and $\phi \in [0, 2\pi]$ Thus, the parametric description for a sphere with rectangular coordinates can be expressed as: $x =a \sin \phi \cos \theta; y=a \sin \phi \sin \theta;$ and $z= a \cos \phi$
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