Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2013 / ia / Paper 3 / 10C (Vector Calculus)

Take the normal vector outward from the cylinder-and-cone solid. The surface consists of the cylindrical side and conical roof, with no bottom disk; this convention fixes the otherwise unspecified orientation of a surface. The boundary is the radius-two circle at $z=-2$. Reversing every normal vector reverses the final sign.

For $\mathbf{F}=(y{z}^2,0,0)$, its curl is $(0,2yz,-z^2)$. For the cylindrical parametrized surface, use ${\mathbf{r}}_c=(2\cos \theta ,2\sin \theta ,z)$, with $-2\le z\le 2$, and use ${\mathbf{r}}_{c,\theta }\times {\mathbf{r}}_{c,z}=(2\cos \theta ,2\sin \theta ,0)$ as the outward area vector. Its flux isFor the cone, let $q=4-z$, $2\le z\le 4$ and ${\mathbf{r}}_k=(q\cos \theta ,q\sin \theta ,z)$. Its outward area vector is ${\mathbf{r}}_{k,\theta }\times {\mathbf{r}}_{k,z}=(q\cos \theta ,q\sin \theta ,q)$. ThusThe total surface integral is therefore $-16\pi$ with the outward convention, or $+16\pi$ for the opposite convention.

For Stokes theorem, the induced bottom-circle orientation is counterclockwise as viewed from above, opposite to the orientation of an outward bottom cap. Use $\mathbf{r}=(2\cos \theta ,2\sin \theta ,-2)$ with increasing $\theta$. Thenagreeing with the two parametrized fluxes. The seam at $z=2$ is internal and cancels between the two pieces; the cone tip does not supply another boundary curve.