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weckod
Nov28-05, 11:14 PM
eval. double integal sprt(1+x^2+y^2)ds

S is helicoid and r(u,v) = ucos(v)i+usin(v)j+vk, with 0 <=u<=4 and 0<=v<=4pi

help please i dont know what a helicoid is!

Galileo
Nov29-05, 03:39 AM
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Helicoid.html
The shape can also be visualized from the given parametrization. Or you could attemt to draw a picture.