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Problem 12.447 · hard

Evaluate \( \displaystyle \iint_S z \, dS \), where \( \displaystyle S \) is the cylinder \( \displaystyle x^2 + y^2 = 1,\ 0 \le z \le 1 \).
  1. Parametrize S by r(u, v) = <cos(u), sin(u), v>; dS = ‖r_u × r_v‖ du dv.
    Reviewed
  2. \[ \sin^{2}{\left(u \right)} + \cos^{2}{\left(u \right)} = 1 \]
    ‖r_u × r_v‖² = (1)².✓ Proved
  3. \[ \int\limits_{0}^{1}\int\limits_{0}^{2 \pi} v\, du\, dv = \pi \]
    ∬ f(r(u, v)) ‖r_u × r_v‖ du dv.✓ Proved
Answer \( \pi \)

✓ Nihil obstat Lines: 2 proved, 1 reviewed. The answer was also checked a second way, without looking at the solution. Reviewers found nothing wrong with the explanation. How we verify

The full receipt
LineStatusChecked byDetail
1Reviewedreviewers: gpt-oss:20b, qwen3.6:27b-mlxa sentence; read, not computed
2✓ Provedsympy 1.14.0simplify(lhs - rhs) reduced to 0
3✓ Provedsympy 1.14.0simplify(lhs - rhs) reduced to 0
answer, a second way✓ Checked independentlysympy 1.14.0 + mpmath 1.3.0f times area summed over a triangulated mesh of the surface

Reviewers

  • gpt-oss:20b: pass
  • qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass — The parametrization is correct for the unit cylinder, the magnitude of the normal vector is correctly calculated as 1, and the integration bounds and result are correct.
Every verdict on record (6)
  • qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-18 — The parametrization is correct for the unit cylinder, the magnitude of the normal vector is correctly calculated as 1, and the integration bounds and result are correct.
  • gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-18
  • qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-16 — The parametrization is correct for the cylinder, the magnitude of the normal vector is correctly calculated as 1, and the resulting integral evaluates to pi.
  • gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-16
  • qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-10-15 — The parametrization correctly models the cylinder surface, the magnitude of the normal vector is correctly calculated as 1, and the resulting integral evaluates to pi.
  • gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-10-15

Proved: SymPy reduced the difference between the two sides to zero. Checked independently: a separate method, named above, confirmed it. Checked numerically: the two sides agree at every sampled point, which is evidence, not proof. Reviewed: a model or a person read it; that is all a sentence can have. Solution by generator:structured/surface_integral, checked 2026-10-18 with SymPy 1.14.0.