Stokes’ Theorem to evaluate intersection of cylinder and plane.

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Use Stoke's Theorem to evaluate $\int_C -y^3dx + x^3dy – z^3dz$ where $C$ is the intersection of the cylinder $x^2 + y^2 = 1$ and the plane $x + y + z = 1$ oriented counterclockwise.

I got that $F = (-y^3, x^3, -z^3)$. My current calculation for $C$ is $z = x^2-x+y^2-y$ which I got from setting the cylinder and plane equal to each other.

How do I solve the rest of this problem, step by step if possible?

Best Answer

Parameterize the surface $S:z=1-x-y$ with the vector function $\vec{r}(x,y)=\left\langle x,y,1-x-y\right\rangle$, where $(x,y)$ belongs to the unit disk $D:x^2+y^2\leq 1$.

Compute the normal vector to $S$ as $\vec{r}_{x}\times\vec{r}_{y}=\langle-z_x,-z_y,1\rangle$.

Calculate $\textrm{curl }\vec{F}$ and plug in $\vec{r}(x,y)$ to get $\textrm{(curl }\vec{F})(\vec{r}(x,y))$.

Take the dot product $\textrm{(curl }\vec{F})(\vec{r}(x,y))\cdot (\vec{r}_{x}\times\vec{r}_{y})$.

Evaluate the surface integral $\iint_S \textrm{curl }\vec{F} \cdot d\vec{S}=\iint_D \textrm{(curl }\vec{F})(\vec{r}(x,y))\cdot (\vec{r}_{x}\times\vec{r}_{y})\,dA$ by converting to polar coordinates.

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