Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2025 / ia / Paper 3 / 12A / Solution

The product rule givesIntegrating and applying the divergence theorem proves the identity.

Here $\mathrm{div}T=4(x,y,z)$ and $v=x(x,y,z)$, soOn the boundary, $(Tn)\cdot v=x(x\cdot n)(x^2+y^2+z^2-1)$. The nonzero contributions from the faces $x=1,y=1,z=1$ are respectively $2/3,5/12,5/12$, totaling $3/2$.

Finally, direct contraction giveswhose integral is $-5/6$. Thus the right side is $3/2-(-5/6)=7/3$, equal to the left side.