91. Surface integral is used to compute :
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Explanation:
space. Thus, a curve is a function of a parameter, say t. Using the standard vector representations of
points in the three-dimensional space as r = (x, y, z), we can represent a curve as a vector function:
r(t) = (x(t), y(t), z(t))
or using the parametric equations x = x(t), y = y(t), and z = z(t). The variable t is called the
parameter.
Example 1.
1. Line. A line in space is given by the equations
x = x0 + at y = y0 + bt z = z0 + ct
where (x0, y0, z0) is a point on the line and
(a, b, c) is a vector parallel to it. Note that
in the vector form the equation r = r(0) + m t
for r(0) = (x0, y0, z0) and m = (a, b, c), has
exactly the same form as the well known y =
b + mx.
2. Circle in horizontal plane. Consider the
parametric equations x = a cost y =
a sin t z = b. Recall that the parametric equa-
tion of a circle of radius a centered in the origin
of the xy-plane are x = a cost, y = a sin t. Re-
call also that z = b represents the horizontal
plane passing b in the z-axis.
Thus, the equations
x = a cost y = a sin t z = b
represent the circle of radius a in the horizontal plane passing z = b on z-axis.
3. Ellipse in a plane. Consider the intersection of a cylinder and a plane. The intersection is
an ellipse. For example, if we consider a cylinder with circular base x = a cost, y = a sin t and
the equation of the plane is
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