Outward flux of a vector field

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The discussion focuses on evaluating the outward flux of a vector field using the Divergence Theorem. The divergence is calculated as divF = (\cos(2x)2 + 2y + 2 - 2z(y + \cos(2x) + 3). The volume domain is defined as D = {(x, y, z) ∈ R^3 : x^2 + y^2 + z^2 ≤ 1, x ≥ 0, y ≤ 0, z ≥ 0}, and spherical coordinates are employed for integration. The user seeks clarification on the bounds for θ, specifically whether 3π/2 ≤ θ ≤ 0 is correct, and ultimately concludes that the correct bounds should be 3π/2 to 2π.

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Homework Statement
The out-flux of the vector field
F(x,y,z) = (sin(2x) + ye3z,(y + 1)2,−2z(y + cos(2x) + 3)
from the domain
D = {(x, y, z) ∈ R^3 : x^2 + y^2 + z^2 ≤ 1, x ≥ 0, y ≤ 0, z ≥ 0}
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flux of a vector field
My idea is to evaluate it using gauss theorem/divergence theorem.

so the divergence would be

## divF = (\cos (2x)2+2y+2-2z ( y+\cos (2x)+3) ) ##

is it correct?
In this way i'ma able to compute a triple integral on the volume given by the domain

## D = \left\{ (x, y, z) ∈ R^3 : x^2 + y^2 + z^2 ≤ 1, x ≥ 0, y ≤ 0, z ≥ 0 \right\} ##
then using spherical coordinates
##x= r cos\theta \sin\phi\\
y= r\sin\theta\sin\phi\\
z=r\sin\phi##
with the following boundaries

##0\leq\phi\leq\frac \pi 2##

##\frac {3\pi} {2}\leq\theta\leq 0##

then i do the substitution in the divergence and solve the integral

##\iiint_V divF r^2\sin\phi dr d\theta d\phi ##

am i doing it correctly or is there anything wrong?
 
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##\frac {3\pi} {2}\leq\theta\leq 0## ?
 
##\nabla\cdot\vec F = (\cos (2x)2+2y+2-2z ( y+\cos (2x)+3) )##

##2z## ?
 
BvU said:
##\nabla\cdot\vec F = (\cos (2x)2+2y+2-2z ( y+\cos (2x)+3) )##

##2z## ?
Ops i did not notice
So
divF = -4
 
BvU said:
##\frac {3\pi} {2}\leq\theta\leq 0## ?
If that is not a correct bound then i did not understend how to find it.
If someone would be so kind to explain it
 
If ##\theta \le 0 ## it can't be bigger than ##{3\over 2}\pi## :smile:
 
BvU said:
If ##\theta \le 0 ## it can't be bigger than ##{3\over 2}\pi## :smile:
So ##{3\over 2}\pi##to ##{2\pi}##
 
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