Write . The vector field is undefined at because diverges there, but this component is tangential to that face. The face fluxes have finite improper integral limits. In particular, the substitution gives
Using the outward unit normal on each face, the flux contributions are
Hence
For a precise justification at the singular face, first use the truncated cube . Its opposite -face integrals cancel, the -faces contribute , and the upper -face contributes . The limit as is . On each truncated cube the divergence theorem gives the same answer, since . Thus the result is a flux of a vector field with an integrable tangential singularity, rather than an application of the classical smooth-field theorem directly at .
Compute the flux directly using the outward vector area element, as required. Restrict the vector field to the surface parametric equation and take the dot product:
The terms quadratic in cancel. Therefore the surface integral is
This is a direct evaluation of the flux of the position vector through a cone.
Both patches project onto the unit disk in the -plane. Their outward oriented surface elements are
The cone's apex has zero area and does not affect the surface integral. For , the vector field is , so
The terms involving vanish by reflection symmetry of the disk. Thus the total outward flux is
This calculation evaluates the two surface integrals directly.
The cube is , , so throughout it. Evaluate the six outward surface integrals directly.
On the normal component is , giving flux ; on it is , giving flux . On the normal component is , giving ; on it is zero. On the normal component is and on it is , so those unit-area faces give and .
Adding all six contributions yields
Only direct surface integral was used, as requested.
Add the four outward fluxes:
For a check, . The divergence theorem gives the same result from
On , and the outward unit normal is . Its flux is
On , and the outward unit normal is . Hence
On , write over , , . The oriented surface element is , pointing away from the origin. Here , so . Thus
The unnormalized normal vector in the oriented surface element already incorporates the factor from the surface area; no additional factor is needed.
Differentiate the flux:
On , is strictly increasing. Its limiting endpoint values are and , and . It has horizontal limiting tangents at the endpoints, curves upward for , curves downward for , and has an inflection point at zero.
The derivative graph is a downward-opening parabola, approaching zero at both endpoints and attaining its maximum at .
Figure 1.
Flux through the truncated unit sphere and its derivative
. Both curves are scaled by . Endpoint circles show limiting values because the prescribed truncation parameter lies in . The flux increases from zero to , while its derivative is largest at the equator. Details.
The divergence of the position vector field is . At height , the horizontal cross-section is a disk of area . By the divergence theorem, the outward flux integral is three times the enclosed volume:
Therefore
A direct check separates the two pieces of the surface integral. On the unit sphere, the outward unit normal is , so and the curved contribution is . On the top disk, , giving . Their sum is the same flux.
Choose
or add any constant. Then , so the vector field is exactly and necessarily has the same flux as in part (a). The formula from part (b)(i) confirms this:
Use the two pieces of the surface integral directly; this avoids introducing an unnecessary second derivative of . On the unit sphere, and . A spherical band between heights and has area , so the curved flux is
by the fundamental theorem of calculus. On the horizontal top disk, and the area is . Thus
As usual for these surface integrals, the first derivative is assumed sufficiently integrable for the displayed fundamental theorem of calculus evaluation; a continuous first derivative suffices. Mere pointwise differentiability without such an integrability assumption need not make an ordinary flux integral exist.
For , the radial Laplacian gives . The outward flux of through a small sphere centred at the source is . Applying Green's second identity to a smooth test function outside that small sphere and shrinking its radius therefore gives the distributional identity
The kernel tends to zero at infinity. Thus it is the fundamental solution with the sign convention . The sign will reverse when converting it into the electrostatic potential of a positive point charge through Poisson's equation.
The divergence is . Over the cube , each squared-coordinate term has integral , while the other two coordinate integrals have length one. Thus
Compute the surface flux separately. On , the outward normal is and , giving flux . On , the normal is , so , again giving . The two faces similarly give each, and the two faces give each. All six face integrals therefore give
The independently evaluated values agree, verifying the divergence theorem for this field and cube.
Direct differentiation gives
On the unit disk , polar coordinates give , and . Consequently the volume integral is
For an independent surface integral calculation, the relevant cross product is
The bottom face contributes and the top contributes . On the cylindrical side, put , , and . The flux density is . All terms except integrate to zero because they are odd functions of or , giving
Thus minus the total outward flux is , in agreement with the volume integral.
Use the full field in the PDF, including the exponential term missing from the transcription. Its divergence is
The exponential in the third component has zero derivative. In cylindrical coordinates, the solid has and . Therefore the divergence theorem gives the outward flux
The integration includes the entire closed boundary, both cap and base.
Take the closed surface with its outward orientation. For sufficiently smooth fields defined throughout the solid, the divergence theorem and the identity that the divergence of a curl is zero give
Thus the curl term carries no net outward flux, and is independent of . The hole in the solid torus does not invalidate the divergence theorem; singularities of inside the integration region would invalidate the smoothness argument and must be excluded.
For a bounded volume with piecewise smooth closed boundary , and a continuously differentiable vector field on a neighbourhood of , the divergence theorem states
Here is the outward unit normal vector. The left side is the outward flux; the right side integrates the divergence over the enclosed volume.
The polynomial vector field is smooth throughout the solid, so the divergence theorem applies. Differentiation gives
The volume is invariant under both and . Hence the integrals of the two odd terms vanish, and the flux is simply the volume. Using the circular cross-sections,
The seams between the surface pieces have zero surface measure and contribute no extra term.
For a continuously differentiable vector field on a bounded volume with piecewise smooth closed boundary , the divergence theorem states
where is the outward unit normal vector. Thus total outward flux through a closed surface equals the integral of the local divergence inside it. A nonclosed surface first needs a suitable closure, with the added surface's flux accounted for separately.
Close the cone with the horizontal disk at height , and let be the enclosed solid. The divergence is
The term integrates to zero by reflection symmetry of each circular cross-section. Using the divergence theorem and cylindrical coordinates, the closed-surface flux is
The outward normal on is , so its flux is its area times :
Subtracting this cap contribution gives the required lateral flux:
This is conical flux by closing with a cap. The normal convention matters: on the lateral cone the outward normal points radially outwards and partly downwards, so the contribution to the lateral flux is negative. To justify applying the theorem at the vertex, truncate a small tip and take its size to zero; the extra flux vanishes because is regular there.