Cannot finish calculating a double integral with change of coordinates

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Homework Statement


Integrate:

[tex]\displaystyle f\left( x,y \right)=\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}}[/tex]

on the region:
[tex]\displaystyle D=\left\{ \left( x,y \right)\in {{\mathbb{R}}^{2}}:0\le x\le 1,{{x}^{2}}\le y\le 2-{{x}^{2}} \right\}[/tex]

TIP: Use change of coordinates:

[tex]\displaystyle x=\sqrt{v-u}[/tex]
[tex]\displaystyle y=v+u[/tex]

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution



Alright, what I did was to sketch the two regions. After that I calculated the jacobian of the change of coordinates function:

[tex]\displaystyle g\left( u,v \right)=\left( \sqrt{v-u},v+u \right)[/tex]

[tex]\displaystyle \left| Jg \right|=\frac{1}{\sqrt{v-u}}[/tex]

So the new integral becomes

[tex]\displaystyle \int\limits_{0}^{1}{\int\limits_{u}^{1}{\frac{v-u}{v-u+{{\left( u+v \right)}^{2}}}\cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{v-u}}dv}du}=\int\limits_{0}^{1}{\int\limits_{u}^{1}{\frac{\sqrt{v-u}}{v-u+{{\left( u+v \right)}^{2}}}dv}du}[/tex]

And here I'm stuck. I don't know how to continue. I don't like the integrand. Any help?

Thanks!
 
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Hernaner28 said:

Homework Statement


Integrate:

[itex]\displaystyle f\left( x,y \right)=\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}}[/itex]

on the region: [itex]\displaystyle D=\left\{ \left( x,y \right)\in {{\mathbb{R}}^{2}}:0\le x\le 1,{{x}^{2}}\le y\le 2-{{x}^{2}} \right\}[/itex]

TIP: Use change of coordinates:

[itex]\displaystyle x=\sqrt{v-u}\,,\quad\quad y=v+u[/itex]

Homework Equations



The Attempt at a Solution



Alright, what I did was to sketch the two regions. After that I calculated the jacobian of the change of coordinates function:

[itex]\displaystyle g\left( u,v \right)=\left( \sqrt{v-u},v+u \right)[/itex]

[itex]\displaystyle \left| Jg \right|=\frac{1}{\sqrt{v-u}}[/itex]

So the new integral becomes [itex]\displaystyle\ \int\limits_{0}^{1}{\int\limits_{u}^{1}{\frac{v-u}{v-u+{{\left( u+v \right)}^{2}}}\cdot \frac{1}{\sqrt{v-u}}dv}du}=\int\limits_{0}^{1}{\int\limits_{u}^{1}{\frac{\sqrt{v-u}}{v-u+{{\left( u+v \right)}^{2}}}dv}du}[/itex]

And here I'm stuck. I don't know how to continue. I don't like the integrand. Any help?

Thanks!
Yes, that integrand is a mess.

Your work all looks to be correct.

Are you sure your function is correct? [itex]\displaystyle \ f\left( x,y \right)=\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{x}^{2}}+{{y}}}[/itex] would work out much more nicely.
 
Yes, I'm sure. It's [tex]\displaystyle f\left( x,y \right)=\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}}[/tex] and they suggest that change of coordinates.
 
So the new integral becomes

[tex]\int\limits_{0}^{1}{\int\limits_{u}^{1} {\frac{\sqrt{v-u}}{v-u+{{\left( u+v \right)}^{2}}}dv}du}[/tex]

And here I'm stuck. I don't know how to continue. I don't like the integrand. Any help?

Thanks!

Suppose now you were given just that integral over that triangle you're integrating over. Can you make a change of variable to make it easier to integrate? What about now just:

[tex]w=v-u[/tex]
[tex]z=u+v[/tex]

No guarantees though ok. You gotta' just try it to get use to doing that if you're going to get good in math. :)
 
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