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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2022 / iii / Paper 115 / 2 / c / Solution

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On the Euclidean unit ball Dn,
ωX​=dx1∧⋯∧dxn.
(1)
The outward unit normal along Sn−1 is the radial vector field N=∑i​xi∂i​, so part b gives
ω∂X​=∑i=1n​(−1)i−1xidx1∧⋯∧dxi∧⋯∧dxn.
(2)
Let R=∑i​xi∂i​ on the ball and put β=ιR​ωX​. Direct use of the exterior derivative gives dβ=nωX​. Therefore the Generalized Stokes theorem yields
∫∂X​ω∂X​=∫∂X​F∗β=∫X​dβ=n∫X​ωX​.
(3)
This proves the volume of a Euclidean unit sphere formula.

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