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Surface Integrals

Surface integrals accumulate a scalar over a surface as the root of the cross product's magnitude, or a field's flux as the normal component's integral, the surface's parametrization the working tool.

1. Parametrized surfaces and the area element

Parametrized surfaces and the area element

2. Flux integrals

Flux integrals

3. Orientability and the theorems' surfaces

Orientability and the theorems' surfaces

4. Surface integrals of scalars

Surface integrals of scalars

5. Surface area element

The scalar surface integral's area element dS equals which expression?

6. Flux definition

The flux of F across the oriented surface S is which integral?

7. Orientation sign

Reversing the surface's orientation changes the flux integral's sign by what factor?

8. Non-orientable surface

Which surface is the standard example of non-orientability, no consistent continuous normal?

9. Sphere flux uniform field

The constant field F = (0, 0, 1) through the closed sphere: what is the total flux?

10. Sphere area element

The sphere's area element is a squared sin phi d theta d phi. As a power, what is the a's exponent? Answer with a number.

11. Flux constant normal

For a field parallel to the constant normal, the flux is the field's magnitude times which quantity? Answer like the area.

12. Tangent cross product

The surface normal is the cross product of the two tangent vectors. As a two-word phrase, what are they? Answer like tangent plane.

13. Graphs as parametrizations

The graph z = g(x, y) parametrizes as r = (x, y, g(x, y)). What is the magnitude |r_x cross r_y| for this parametrization?

14. Outward convention

Closed surfaces in the divergence theorem use which orientation? Answer with one word.

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