Exercise · ZW-CHANGE-OF-VARIABLES-IN-MULTIPLE-INTEGRALS-003 · ★☆☆ Basic

For polar coordinates \(x=r\cos\theta,\ y=r\sin\theta\), the Jacobian \(\frac{\partial(x,y)}{\partial(r,\theta)}\) is:

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  • A. \(r\)

Explanation

\(J=\begin{vmatrix}\cos\theta&-r\sin\theta\\\sin\theta&r\cos\theta\end{vmatrix}=r\cos^2\theta+r\sin^2\theta=r\). That is why \(dA=r\,dr\,d\theta\).

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Review the concept: Change of variables in multiple integrals

A change of variables turns the integral of a function \(f\) over a region \(R\) of the \(xy\)-plane into one over a region \(S\) of the \(uv\)-plane, correcting the area with the Jacobian \(J\) of the transformation.

\[\begin{aligned}\iint_R f\,dx\,dy&=\iint_S f(x(u,v),y(u,v))\,|J|\,du\,dv\\J&=\frac{\partial(x,y)}{\partial(u,v)}=\begin{vmatrix}x_u&x_v\\y_u&y_v\end{vmatrix}\end{aligned}\]

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