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    The University of Edinburgh 2nd Year Problem Set

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    This document provides suggested problems for a workshop on several variable calculus and differential equations. It includes 6 problems: 1) calculating curve lengths from position vector functions; 2) finding coordinates for a point where a curve passes through; 3) showing plane intersection and finding related vectors and equations; 4) finding a position vector function for a curve of intersection between two surfaces; 5) deriving a formula for shortest distance between a line and point and calculating an example; 6) finding the equation of a plane passing through two intersecting planes and a point.

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    The University of Edinburgh 2nd Year Problem Set

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    This document provides suggested problems for a workshop on several variable calculus and differential equations. It includes 6 problems: 1) calculating curve lengths from position vector functions; 2) finding coordinates for a point where a curve passes through; 3) showing plane intersection and finding related vectors and equations; 4) finding a position vector function for a curve of intersection between two surfaces; 5) deriving a formula for shortest distance between a line and point and calculating an example; 6) finding the equation of a plane passing through two intersecting planes and a point.

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    This document provides suggested problems for a workshop on several variable calculus and differential equations. It includes 6 problems: 1) calculating curve lengths from position vector functions; 2) finding coordinates for a point where a curve passes through; 3) showing plane intersection and finding related vectors and equations; 4) finding a position vector function for a curve of intersection between two surfaces; 5) deriving a formula for shortest distance between a line and point and calculating an example; 6) finding the equation of a plane passing through two intersecting planes and a point.

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    The University of Edinburgh 2nd Year Problem Set

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    This document provides suggested problems for a workshop on several variable calculus and differential equations. It includes 6 problems: 1) calculating curve lengths from position vector functions; 2) finding coordinates for a point where a curve passes through; 3) showing plane intersection and finding related vectors and equations; 4) finding a position vector function for a curve of intersection between two surfaces; 5) deriving a formula for shortest distance between a line and point and calculating an example; 6) finding the equation of a plane passing through two intersecting planes and a point.

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    Several Variable Calculus & Differential Equations

    Workshop 1

    Suggested problems: Questions 1a&d, 2, 3 & 4 if time

    1. Calculate the lengths of the curves described by the following position vector functions.

    (a) r(t) = (t2 , t3 ) for 0 ≤ t ≤ 2.


    (b) r(t) = (t2 , t3 ) for −2 ≤ t ≤ +2.
    (c) r(t) = a(t − sin t, 1 − cos t), where a is a positive constant, for 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π. (This
    gives one arch of a cycloid—the curve traced by a point on the rim of a wheel of
    radius a as it rolls along a straight line.)
    (d) r(t) = (cos t, sin t, t3/2 ) for 0 ≤ t ≤ 4.

    2. Consider the curve traced out by the position vector

    r(t) = 2t i + 3 sin (2t) j + 3 [ cos (2t) − 1] k.

    As the parameter t increases from zero, the curve eventually


    √ passes through the point P .
    π 10
    The length along the curve from (0, 0, 0) to P is . What are the coordinates of P ?
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    3. Consider the two planes x − y = 3 and x + y + z = 0.

    (a) Show that these planes intersect.


    (b) Find a vector parallel to their line of intersection.
    (c) Find the equation of the line of intersection in symmetric form.

    4. Find a position vector function r(t) which traces out the curve of intersection of the two
    surfaces
    x2 + y + z = 2 and xy + z = 1.
    Express your answer in the form

    r(t) = f (t)i + g(t)j + h(t)k,

    where f (t), g(t) and h(t) are functions you should specify.

    5. (a) Consider the straight line (in R3 ) which passes through the point P and is parallel
    to the nonzero vector v. Derive a formula for the shortest distance between this line
    and an arbitrary point Q. Express your answer in terms of the position vectors of
    P and Q, and the vector v.
    (b) What is the shortest distance between the point (2, 0, −3) and the line given by the
    vector equation
    r(t) = i + (1 + 3t) j − (3 − 4t) k,
    where t is a parameter?
    Note: No calculus is needed for this question.

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    6. Find the equation of the plane which passes through the intersection of the planes

    x + y − 2z = 6 and 2x − y + z = 2,

    and also passes through the point (−2, 0, 1).

    For further problems, see Stewart’s book: Exercise sections 10.1–10.5

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