Sunday, 24 September 2017

calculus - Area of Surface Revolution of y=sin(pix) From 0 to 1



I have been trying to solve this problem and I am making a mistake somewhere that I can't discern.



To begin with, y=sin(πx) and thus dydx=πcos(πx), and (dydx)2=π2cos2(πx)




So, the formula for the surface of revolution should be 2π10sin(πx)1+π2cos2(πx)dx



A substitution of u=πcos(πx) and du=π2sin(πx)dx yields:



2ππ2111+u2du which is also 2π111+u2du



From here I set u=tan(θ) and du=sec2(θ)dθ.
Along with the trig substitution, I changed the limits of limits of integration to: π4 (lower) and π4 (upper).



Following that trig substitution eventually took me to 2ππ4π4sec3(θ)dθ.




The above integral resolves to: 2π[sec(θ)tan(θ)+ln|sec(θ)+tan(θ)|2]π4π4

...which I don't believe correctly evaluates to the answer to the original question. I believe my error was made earlier in the problem.



I've done something wrong, I'm interested in solving it with my method, but I need to know what my mistake(s) is/are. Can anyone help me figure out what I've done wrong?


Answer



When you change variables the first time putting u in terms of x, when x=0 you should have u=πcos0=π, and for x=1 it is u=πcos(π)=π. With this change it comes out 7.77939, which agrees with what maple found for the original integral without any initial substitution.


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