Surface Area and Volume of a Sphere

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The surface area and volume of a sphere can be calculated using specific integral formulas. The surface area is given by the formula \(4\pi r^2\), while the correct volume formula is \(\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3\). It is essential to use ordinary integrals rather than closed path integrals for these calculations. The differential elements for surface area and volume involve \(d\theta \sin \phi d\phi\) and \(r^2 dr d\theta \sin \phi d\phi\), respectively.

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  • Familiarity with surface area and volume formulas
  • Basic concepts of solid of revolution
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I need to know the Surface Area and Volume of a spherical ball at the origin radius a.
What I want is to evaluate the integrals at each integral.

##\oint_S dS =\int\int d? d? = 4 *\pi*r^2##

##\oint_V dV = \int_0^{\pi}\int_0^{2\pi}\int_0^a dr d\theta d\phi## = ##\frac{4}{3}*\pi*a^2##
 
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Philosophaie said:
I need to know the Surface Area and Volume of a spherical ball at the origin radius a.
What I want is to evaluate the integrals at each integral.

##\oint_S dS =\int\int d? d? = 4 *\pi*r^2##

##\oint_V dV = \int_0^{\pi}\int_0^{2\pi}\int_0^a dr d\theta d\phi## = ##\frac{4}{3}*\pi*a^2##.
Your last formula is incorrect: the volume of a sphere is ##(4/3)\pi r^3##.

Also, you don't want closed path integrals - ordinary integrals will do just fine. For the surface area, you can do this with a single integral that represents the surface area of a surface of revolution, and for the volume, you can do this by calculating the volume of a solid of revolution
 
Philosophaie said:
I need to know the Surface Area and Volume of a spherical ball at the origin radius a.
What I want is to evaluate the integrals at each integral.

##\oint_S dS =\int\int d? d? = 4 *\pi*r^2##

##\oint_V dV = \int_0^{\pi}\int_0^{2\pi}\int_0^a dr d\theta d\phi## = ##\frac{4}{3}*\pi*a^2##

The differential for surface area is dθsinφdφ with coefficient r2, for volume is r2drdθsinφdφ.
 

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