Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 ib Paper 3 6A Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
Choose the coordinate vectors and in the assumed bilinear identity. It gives for each pair of indices, hence the tensor is zero.
Let be the enclosed region. Apply the divergence theorem to the vector field . Since are constant,ThereforeWriting the left side as and using the initial tensor argument gives the boundary integral of position and normal componentsContract with the Kronecker delta to obtain . Contract with the Levi-Civita symbol to obtainThus the requested integrals are and the zero vector, respectively. These applications require the usual sufficiently regular closed boundary and outward-normal orientation of the divergence theorem.