Question #143576

Use spherical coordinates to evaluate the triple integral
∭E (e^(−(x^2+y^2+z^2)))/√(x^2+y^2+z^2) dV,
where E is the region bounded by the spheres x^2+y^2+z^2=4 and x^2+y^2+z^2=9.

Expert's answer

let's move on to spherical coordinates:

x=rcosφsinθ,y=rsinφsinθ,z=rcosθx = rcos\varphi sin\theta ,y = rsin\varphi sin\theta ,z = rcos\theta

2<r<3,  0<φ<2π,  0<θ<π2< r < 3,\,\,0 < \varphi < 2\pi ,\,\,0 < \theta < \pi

Then

x2+y2+z2=r2{x^2} + {y^2} + {z^2} = {r^2}

∫∫∫Ee−(x2+y2+z2)x2+y2+z2dV=∫02πdφ∫23e−r2rdr∫0πr2sin⁡θdθ==∫02πdφ∫23re−r2dr∫0πsin⁡θdθ=−12∫02πdφ∫23e−r2d(−r2)∫0πsin⁡θdθ==12φ∣02π⋅e−r2∣23⋅cos⁡θ∣0π=12(2π−0)(e−9−e−4)(cos⁡π−cos⁡0)=π(e−9−e−4)(−1−1)==2π(e−4−e−9)\begin{array}{l} \int {\int {\int\limits_E {\frac{{{e^{ - \left( {{x^2} + {y^2} + {z^2}} \right)}}}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + {y^2} + {z^2}} }}} } } dV = \int\limits_0^{2\pi } {d\varphi } \int\limits_2^3 {\frac{{{e^{ - {r^2}}}}}{r}} dr\int\limits_0^\pi {{r^2}\sin \theta d\theta } = \\ = \int\limits_0^{2\pi } {d\varphi } \int\limits_2^3 {r{e^{ - {r^2}}}} dr\int\limits_0^\pi {\sin \theta d\theta } = - \frac{1}{2}\int\limits_0^{2\pi } {d\varphi } \int\limits_2^3 {{e^{ - {r^2}}}} d( - {r^2})\int\limits_0^\pi {\sin \theta d\theta } = \\ = \frac{1}{2}\left. \varphi \right|_0^{2\pi } \cdot \left. {{e^{ - {r^2}}}} \right|_2^3 \cdot \cos \left. \theta \right|_0^\pi = \frac{1}{2}\left( {2\pi - 0} \right)\left( {{e^{ - 9}} - {e^{ - 4}}} \right)\left( {\cos \pi - \cos 0} \right) = \pi \left( {{e^{ - 9}} - {e^{ - 4}}} \right)( - 1 - 1) = \\ = 2\pi \left( {{e^{ - 4}} - {e^{ - 9}}} \right) \end{array}

Answer: 2π(e−4−e−9)2\pi \left( {{e^{ - 4}} - {e^{ - 9}}} \right)


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