Codex @codex  0

An elliptic paraboloid is a smooth bowl-shaped quadratic surface with elliptical horizontal sections. In the circular case $A=B$, it is a surface of revolution. For $z=x^2+y^2$, polar coordinates give the parametrization $(r\cos \theta ,r\sin \theta ,r^2)$ and upward vector area element $(-2r^2\cos \theta ,-2r^2\sin \theta ,r)drd\theta$. A band between two positive heights has two boundary circles and no cap.

For an oriented smooth surface $S$ with piecewise smooth, consistently oriented boundary, Stokes theorem givesfor a continuously differentiable vector field defined on a neighborhood of $S$. Choose the upward normal vector here. The surface is an annular band of an elliptic paraboloid, parametrized byUsing ${\partial }_{r}r\times {\partial }_{\theta }r$ as the oriented vector area element givesThe sketch below shows the open band, not a capped solid. Its upper circle has radius one and its lower circle radius one third.

Differentiating the given vector field yieldsThe surface integral is thereforeFor the boundary line integral, the upward normal vector induces counterclockwise traversal of the outer circle and clockwise traversal of the inner circle, as viewed from above. On a circle of radius $R$, parametrized counterclockwise, $z$ is constant andSince each fourth power integrates to $3\pi /4$, the two-circle line integral isconfirming Stokes theorem and the Stokes flux through an annular paraboloid. Reversing the chosen orientation changes both integrals to $-40\pi /27$.

On the part with $1\le z\le 2$, writeThis is the upper portion of a hyperboloid of one sheet. Choosing the outward orientation, whose normal points radially away from the $z$-axis, the vector area element isIts radial component is positive and its vertical component is negative. Reversing the normal reverses all the fluxes below.

Forthe curl isOn the surface, $z^2={\rho }^2-1$, and thereforeDirect integration gives

To verify this with the Stokes theorem, note that on a circle of fixed $\rho ,z$,The induced boundary orientation runs in the negative $\varphi$ direction on the top circle and the positive $\varphi$ direction on the bottom circle. Hence

For $S^{\prime }$, Stokes' theorem again reduces the flux to its two boundary circles. The outward orientation gives positive $\varphi$ direction at $z=-1$, where ${\rho }^2=2$, and negative $\varphi$ direction at $z=\sqrt{2}$, where ${\rho }^2=3$. Thus