Finding the volume - Polar coordinates

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Hello everyone,

1. Homework Statement

Question : Find the volume of the region which remains inside the cyclinder x 2 + y 2 = 2y, and is bounded from above by the paraboloid surface x 2 + y 2 + z = 1 and from below by the plane z = 0

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This looks like a pretty straightforward question. First thing to do is converting equations to polar coordinates. When they are converted, the cylinder's region can be written as r = 2sinθ. Parabolaid surface's eq. is (1-r2).Through these, a double integral can easily be set up as the following:

∫(from 0 to π)∫from 0 to 2sinθ) (1-r2)rdrdθ.

However, the solution to this problem proposes a different approach which does not return the same answer.

Here it is:
Mm1ZSoV.png


Thanks in advance,
 
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Dilemma said:
Hello everyone,Question : Find the volume of the region which remains inside the cyclinder x 2 + y 2 = 2y, and is bounded from above by the paraboloid surface x 2 + y 2 + z = 1 and from below by the plane z = 0

Attempt : This looks like a pretty straightforward question. First thing to do is converting equations to polar coordinates. When they are converted, the cylinder's region can be written as r = 2sinθ
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If you convert the cylinder's equation to polar coordinates, you get ##r^2 = 2r\sin(\theta)##, which is different from what you show.
Dilemma said:
. Parabolaid surface's eq. is (1-r2).
What you show here is not an equation. What equation do you get?
Dilemma said:
Through these, a double integral can easily be set up as the following:

∫(from 0 to π)∫from 0 to 2sinθ) (1-r2)rdrdθ.

However, the solution to this problem proposes a different approach which does not return the same answer.

Here it is:
Mm1ZSoV.png


Thanks in advance,
 
Hello Mark,

I am sorry for the inconvenience I caused.

Mark44 said:
No.
If you convert the cylinder's equation to polar coordinates, you get ##r^2 = 2r\sin(\theta)##, which is different from what you show.
What you show here is not an equation. What equation do you get?

I simplified ##r^2 = 2r\sin(\theta)##.

Then, I converted parabolaid's surface equation.

##z = 1 - x^{2}-y^{2}##
##z = 1 - r^{2}##​
 
Dilemma said:
Hello Mark,

I am sorry for the inconvenience I caused.
No problem. That's what we're here for.
Dilemma said:
I simplified ##r^2 = 2r\sin(\theta)##.

Then, I converted parabolaid's surface equation.

##z = 1 - x^{2}-y^{2}##
##z = 1 - r^{2}##​
You should get a different result from these equations.
 
Here is my reasoning :

By polar coordinates definition ##x = r\cos(\theta)## and ##y = r\sin(\theta)##. Therefore, ##x^{2}+y^{2} = r^{2}## I do not see any problem. Also, the answer confirms my logic. The only problem is that the answer divides the integral into two, one of them is from 0 to ##\pi/6##, and the other is from ##\pi/6## to ##\pi/2##. However, second part of the integral's "r" range is 0 to 1, and I am having difficult times understanding this. My coursebook has a similar question solved in a similar manner as mine.
 
You know, I feel like you're missing an extra integral sign. Shouldn't you use cylindrical coordinates, or something?
 
Dilemma said:
Here is my reasoning :

By polar coordinates definition ##x = r\cos(\theta)## and ##y = r\sin(\theta)##. Therefore, ##x^{2}+y^{2} = r^{2}## I do not see any problem. Also, the answer confirms my logic. The only problem is that the answer divides the integral into two, one of them is from 0 to ##\pi/6##, and the other is from ##\pi/6## to ##\pi/2##. However, second part of the integral's "r" range is 0 to 1, and I am having difficult times understanding this. My coursebook has a similar question solved in a similar manner as mine.

Look at the first quadrant in this picture, which shows the circle traces in the ##xy## plane:
upload_2017-1-2_11-46-6.png

The brown region is the polar area over which you need to integrate. The ##30^\circ## line divides the area into two parts. In the lower sliver under the line ##r## goes from ##0## to the pink circle. Above the line ##r## goes from ##0## to the brown circle.
 
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Thank you. I now understand that I did not consider the region which is limited by the surface x 2 + y 2 + z = 1.
 
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