Past exam of the geometry of surfaces course of the University of Oxford / 2023 / 3 / e

First interpret the surface integral through the given parametric surface, counting multiplicity. SetIts derivative isUsing part (c), the fundamental theorem of calculus givesOn the other hand part (d), including its arc length factor, givesand the corresponding expression for $b$ is $-(d-c)J(b)$. Subtraction provesIf $0<b-a<2\pi$, the parametric surface is injective on the rectangle, so this is exactly the stated surface integral over its image. It also remains the ordinary image integral at $b-a=2\pi$, since the repeated seam has zero surface area.

The assertion for arbitrary $a<b$ needs a multiplicity convention or the restriction $b-a\le 2\pi$. This omission is present in the native PDF. For example, take $a=0$, $b=5\pi /2$, $c=0$, $d=1$. The image is the entire cylindrical band $0\le z\le 1$, since $u$ already covers a full turn. Its ordinary surface integral of Gaussian curvature isBut the difference of the two signed geodesic curvature integrals is $J(5\pi /2)-J(0)=1/\sqrt{2}$. Thus ordinary integration over the image set makes the unrestricted assertion false. The boxed parameter integral is valid for all $a<b$ and $c<d$ and is the appropriate corrected statement. This distinction is the multiplicity of a parametrized surface integral.