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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ia Paper 3 10C Solution by
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The Stokes theorem stateswhere the boundary orientation is induced by the chosen normal through the right-hand rule.
Orient the paraboloid , , upward and the planar annulus downward. Their outer boundary orientations cancel. The remaining boundary is the unit circle at counterclockwise and the unit circle at clockwise, viewed from above. On a unit circle at height , direct parametrization givesHence the boundary integral is .
On the lower annulus, , giving . On the paraboloid, , so the flux integrand isThe odd terms integrate to zero over the annulus, while the rest integrates to . The total surface integral is , equal to the boundary integral.
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