Exercise · ZW-CHANGE-OF-VARIABLES-IN-MULTIPLE-INTEGRALS-008 · ★★☆ Intermediate

Let \(R\) be the region given by \(x=u+v,\ y=u-v\) with \(0\le u,v\le1\). Compute \(\iint_R (x^2-y^2)\,dA\).

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  • C. \(2\)

Explanation

\(x^2-y^2=4uv\) and \(|J|=2\), so the integral is \(\int_0^1\!\int_0^1 8uv\,du\,dv=2\). Forgetting \(|J|\) gives \(1\).

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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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