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matt271829-news@yahoo.co.
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matt271829-news@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
| Quote: | David wrote:
Yes, the cone is inside the unit sphere, so the volume can be said to
consist of the cone plus the upper slice of the sphere; e.g. the cone has a
convex base (or is it concave? being from sweden, my english isn't too
good...)
Convex.
Right, I get it now. The confusion stemmed from the wording "the volume
that is inside the unit sphere, and also inside the upside-down flipped
cone", specifically the word "also" which to me implies the
intersection of the two figures. But no matter!
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Well, I see it's been answered at sci.math, but now that I've done it
anyway I may as well tell you that using cylindrical coordinates I get
the same answer of 3/2*pi*Log(3/2) - pi/2.
Interestingly, the value of the integral over the cone (with plane
base) looks to be exactly the same as the value over the "cap" (the
region between the surface of the sphere and the plane base of the
cone), both being 3/4*pi*Log(3/2) - pi/4. |
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matt271829-news@yahoo.co.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject:
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David wrote:
| Quote: | Yes, the cone is inside the unit sphere, so the volume can be said to
consist of the cone plus the upper slice of the sphere; e.g. the cone has a
convex base (or is it concave? being from sweden, my english isn't too
good...)
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Convex.
Right, I get it now. The confusion stemmed from the wording "the volume
that is inside the unit sphere, and also inside the upside-down flipped
cone", specifically the word "also" which to me implies the
intersection of the two figures. But no matter! |
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Badger
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:23 pm Post subject:
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:08:01 GMT, "[Mr.] Lynn Kurtz"
<kurtzDELETE-THIS@asu.edu> wrote:
| Quote: | On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:44:56 GMT, "[Mr.] Lynn Kurtz"
kurtzDELETE-THIS@asu.edu> wrote:
Woops, that answer may have been a bit hasty and optimistic....
--Lynn
Here's your integral (Maple format) in spherical coordinates, but I'm
guessing you knew that:
2*Pi*int(rho^3*cos(p)*sin(p)/(1 + rho^2*sin(p)^2),[rho,p] >Region(0..Pi/4,0..1));
Maple gives an explicit answer about 3 lines of output full of ln's
and sin(1) and cos(1) terms. For what it's worth, here it is but I
have no idea whether it will be readable even with monospaced font:
-1/32*Pi*(-Pi^2-64*ln(2)-Pi^2*cos(1)^2*ln(Pi^2-Pi^2*cos(1)^2+16)+Pi^2*
cos(1)^2*ln(1-cos(1))+Pi^2*cos(1)^2*ln(cos(1)+1)+Pi^2*ln(Pi^2-Pi^2*cos
(1)^2+16)-Pi^2*ln(1-cos(1))-Pi^2*ln(cos(1)+1)-4*Pi^2*ln(2)+16*ln(Pi^2-
Pi^2*cos(1)^2+16)+Pi^2*cos(1)^2+2*ln(sin(1))*Pi^2+4*Pi^2*cos(1)^2*ln(2
Not particularly simple, eh?
--Lynn
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Appears the OP multiposted this question to sci.math where its been
answered a couple of times now. |
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Lynn Kurtz
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:08 pm Post subject:
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:44:56 GMT, "[Mr.] Lynn Kurtz"
<kurtzDELETE-THIS@asu.edu> wrote:
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Woops, that answer may have been a bit hasty and optimistic....
--Lynn
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Here's your integral (Maple format) in spherical coordinates, but I'm
guessing you knew that:
2*Pi*int(rho^3*cos(p)*sin(p)/(1 + rho^2*sin(p)^2),[rho,p] =
Region(0..Pi/4,0..1));
Maple gives an explicit answer about 3 lines of output full of ln's
and sin(1) and cos(1) terms. For what it's worth, here it is but I
have no idea whether it will be readable even with monospaced font:
-1/32*Pi*(-Pi^2-64*ln(2)-Pi^2*cos(1)^2*ln(Pi^2-Pi^2*cos(1)^2+16)+Pi^2*
cos(1)^2*ln(1-cos(1))+Pi^2*cos(1)^2*ln(cos(1)+1)+Pi^2*ln(Pi^2-Pi^2*cos
(1)^2+16)-Pi^2*ln(1-cos(1))-Pi^2*ln(cos(1)+1)-4*Pi^2*ln(2)+16*ln(Pi^2-
Pi^2*cos(1)^2+16)+Pi^2*cos(1)^2+2*ln(sin(1))*Pi^2+4*Pi^2*cos(1)^2*ln(2
Not particularly simple, eh?
--Lynn |
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David1132
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Yes, the cone is inside the unit sphere, so the volume can be said to
consist of the cone plus the upper slice of the sphere; e.g. the cone has a
convex base (or is it concave? being from sweden, my english isn't too
good...)
<matt271829-news@yahoo.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet
news:1152650835.638312.164990@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
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David wrote:
I'm struggeling with a weird triple integral:
z / (1 + x^2 + y^2) dxdydz
over the volume defined as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 <= 1 and z >= sqrt(x^2 + y^2)
(Which is the volume that is inside the unit sphere, and also inside the
upside-down flipped cone with the pointy end at origo and it's base at
z=1/sqrt(2) )
I've tried to approach this in several ways, but every time i end up with
_really_ messy solutions, like integrating complex ln functions to hell
when
I try cylindrical coordinates and even worse situations with spherical
coordinates.
How would I do to solve this problem in the best, nicest and simplest
way?
I really hope anyone can help... I would be very grateful for advice.
/ David
As far as I can see, the whole of the cone you describe is inside the
unit sphere, so I don't see why the unit sphere is relevant. There
isn't a typo somewhere is there? Or maybe I'm misunderstanding
something...
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matt271829-news@yahoo.co.
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David wrote:
| Quote: | I'm struggeling with a weird triple integral:
z / (1 + x^2 + y^2) dxdydz
over the volume defined as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 <= 1 and z >= sqrt(x^2 + y^2)
(Which is the volume that is inside the unit sphere, and also inside the
upside-down flipped cone with the pointy end at origo and it's base at
z=1/sqrt(2) )
I've tried to approach this in several ways, but every time i end up with
_really_ messy solutions, like integrating complex ln functions to hell when
I try cylindrical coordinates and even worse situations with spherical
coordinates.
How would I do to solve this problem in the best, nicest and simplest way?
I really hope anyone can help... I would be very grateful for advice.
/ David
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As far as I can see, the whole of the cone you describe is inside the
unit sphere, so I don't see why the unit sphere is relevant. There
isn't a typo somewhere is there? Or maybe I'm misunderstanding
something... |
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Lynn Kurtz
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:36:32 GMT, "[Mr.] Lynn Kurtz"
<kurtzDELETE-THIS@asu.edu> wrote:
| Quote: | The two surfaces intersect where their z values are equal:
2(x^2 + y^2) = 1, or a circle of radius 1/sqrt(2)
Just use cylindrical coordinates:
x^2 + y^2 = r^2, dx dy dz = r dr dtheta dz
where r and theta traverse the circle. You do get a ln in the answer
but there's nothing difficult about it.
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Woops, that answer may have been a bit hasty and optimistic....
--Lynn |
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Lynn Kurtz
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:06:20 +0200, "David" <dani4965@student.uu.se>
wrote:
| Quote: | I'm struggeling with a weird triple integral:
z / (1 + x^2 + y^2) dxdydz
over the volume defined as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 <= 1 and z >= sqrt(x^2 + y^2)
(Which is the volume that is inside the unit sphere, and also inside the
upside-down flipped cone with the pointy end at origo and it's base at
z=1/sqrt(2) )
I've tried to approach this in several ways, but every time i end up with
_really_ messy solutions, like integrating complex ln functions to hell when
I try cylindrical coordinates and even worse situations with spherical
coordinates.
How would I do to solve this problem in the best, nicest and simplest way?
I really hope anyone can help... I would be very grateful for advice.
/ David
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The two surfaces intersect where their z values are equal:
2(x^2 + y^2) = 1, or a circle of radius 1/sqrt(2)
Just use cylindrical coordinates:
x^2 + y^2 = r^2, dx dy dz = r dr dtheta dz
where r and theta traverse the circle. You do get a ln in the answer
but there's nothing difficult about it.
--Lynn |
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David1132
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I'm struggeling with a weird triple integral:
z / (1 + x^2 + y^2) dxdydz
over the volume defined as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 <= 1 and z >= sqrt(x^2 + y^2)
(Which is the volume that is inside the unit sphere, and also inside the
upside-down flipped cone with the pointy end at origo and it's base at
z=1/sqrt(2) )
I've tried to approach this in several ways, but every time i end up with
_really_ messy solutions, like integrating complex ln functions to hell when
I try cylindrical coordinates and even worse situations with spherical
coordinates.
How would I do to solve this problem in the best, nicest and simplest way?
I really hope anyone can help... I would be very grateful for advice.
/ David |
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