Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2021 / Paper 2 / 16 / b / Solution

The divergence isFor the tetrahedral domain, convenient integration bounds areConsequently its volume integral isPutting $h=2(1-x-y)$, the inner integral is $(2y+6)h+h^2=(16-4x)(1-x-y)$. ThereforeThusThere is an independent centroid check. The vertices are $(0,0,0),(1,0,0),(0,1,0),(0,0,2)$, giving volume $1/3$ and centroid $(1/4,1/4,1/2)$. An affine function averages to its value at the centroid, so $I=(1/3)(6+2/4+2/2)=5/2$. This is the integral of an affine function over a simplex.