Divergence and surfaces integral, very hard

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Homework Statement



A vector field h is described in cylindrical polar coordinates by ( h equation attached )
where i, j, and k are the unit vectors along the Cartesian axes and
(er) is the unit vector (x/r) i+(y/r) j
Calculate (1) by surface integral h through the closed surface bounded by the cylinders r=a and r=2a and the planes z=-a*pi/2 to +a*pi/2
and (2) by divergence theorem.


Homework Equations





The Attempt at a Solution


1- I draw the equation and I found it is like hollow tube cylinder with radius of r of the inner surface and 2r for the outer surface
2-I found there are 6 surfaces

a- S1 pointing into -z direction
b- S2 pointing into +z direction
c- S3 pointing into -Y direction
d- S4 pointing into -x direction
e- S5 surface of the outer tube r= 2a
f- S6 surface of the inner tube r=a


I solved the 6 surfaces and the outcome

S1=0

S2=sin(lamda*a*pi/2)*pi*a^2/4

S3=y/lamda*sin(a*pi*lmda/2)

S4=x/lamda*sin(a*pi*lmda/2)

S5= pi/2*lamda[2sin(a*pi*lmda/2)-2acos(a*pi*lmda/2)+2a]

S6=pi/2*lamda[sin(a*pi*lmda/2)-acos(a*pi*lmda/2)+a]

adding them all up and compared them with divergence which I got are not the same, could anyone find out what mistake I did

the divergence I got was

3a*pi/4lamda*sin(a*pi*lmda/2)+7a^2*pi/6*cos(a*pi*lmda/2)+3a*pi/4sin(a*pi*lmda/2)+
7a^2*pi/6

which is not the same with what I got
 

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It's very hard to see what you may have done wrong when you've only shown your final result, however just taking a look at what you took for your surfaces:

You mentioned you had 6 surfaces? If you're dealing in cylindrical coordinates I see only 4,

S1: The top of the hollow tube (pointing in the positive [itex]\hat{e_z}[/itex] direction.)
S2: The bottom of the hollow tube (pointing in the negative [itex]\hat{e_z}[/itex] direction.)
S3: The outside of the cylinder [itex]r=2a[/itex] (pointing radially outwards in the [itex]\hat{e_r}[/itex] direction.)
S4: The inside of the cylinder [itex]r=a[/itex] (pointing radially inwards in the [itex]\hat{e_r}[/itex] direction.)
 
what about the other two surfaces which is pointing in -y and -x direction
 
All the surfaces are accounted for. You have two planes which have normal vectors oriented with the z-axis.

You have two cylinders, one twice the radius of the other. The surfaces of cylinders have normal vectors which point radially.

What other surfaces do you have?
 
really lost don't know where is my mistake