Chapter 6: Applications of Double Integration
Section 6.3: Surface Area
Example 6.3.4
Calculate the surface area of the surface defined by the function whose domain is the plane region , the region bounded by the graphs of and on the interval . See Example 6.2.4.
Solution
Mathematical Solution
The surface is , so the surface-area element is
The surface area is then given by the iterated integral
≐
where is the intersection of the graphs of and .
The inner integral can be evaluated in closed form, but then the resulting outer integral must be evaluated numerically. However, since one limit, namely , is a floating-point number, Maple immediately evaluates the integrals numerically.
Maple Solution - Interactive
Table 6.3.4(a) contains a solution from first principles.
Initialize
Context Panel: Assign Name
Context Panel: Assign name
Obtain the intersections of the curves bounding
Equate and , then press the Enter key.
Context Panel: Solve≻Numerically Solve
Context Panel: Assign to a Name≻
Obtain
Expression palette: Square-root template
Calculus palette: Partial derivative template
Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
=
Iterate in the order via the template in the Calculus palette
Calculus palette: Template for iterated double integral
Table 6.3.4(a) Solution from first principles
Since one limit of integration, namely , is a floating-point number, Maple immediately evaluates the integrals numerically.
Maple Solution - Coded
Install the Student MultivariateCalculus package.
Define the surface.
Define the two curves that bound the region .
Solve the equation for
Obtain a numeric solution with the fsolve command.
Apply the SurfaceArea command from the Student MultivariateCalculus package
The inner integral can be evaluated in closed form, but then the outer integral must be evaluated numerically. However, since one limit, namely , is a floating-point number, Maple immediately evaluates the integrals numerically.
Apply the SurfaceInt command from the Student VectorCalculus package
A solution from first principles must necessarily begin with the calculation of
The top-level Int command returns the inert iterated integral; the top-level int command immediately evaluates.
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