Paper 3, Section II, B

Vector Calculus
Part IA, 2009

Give a necessary condition for a given vector field J\mathbf{J} to be the curl of another vector field B\mathbf{B}. Is the vector field B\mathbf{B} unique? If not, explain why not.

State Stokes' theorem and use it to evaluate the area integral

S(y2,z2,x2)dA\int_{S}\left(y^{2}, z^{2}, x^{2}\right) \cdot \mathbf{d} \mathbf{A}

where SS is the half of the ellipsoid

x2a2+y2b2+z2c2=1\frac{x^{2}}{a^{2}}+\frac{y^{2}}{b^{2}}+\frac{z^{2}}{c^{2}}=1

that lies in z0z \geqslant 0, and the area element dA points out of the ellipsoid.