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Example 3.3 (Forward price of a stock that pays no dividends): If \( B = \) \( {S}_{1}\left( T\right) \), the first stock pays no dividends, and \( \sigma \left( \cdot \right) \) satisfies the Novikov condition (1.5.17) with \( n = 1 \), then (3.3) and (3.5) yield
\[ f\left( t\right) = \frac{{S}_{1}\left( t\right) /{S}_{0}\left( t\right) }{{E}_{0}\left\lbrack {1/{S}_{0}\left( T\right) \mid \mathcal{F}\left( t\right) }\right\rbrack },\;0 \leq t \leq T. \]
Yes
Example 3.4 (Forward price of a stock with nonrandom dividend rate): If \( B = {S}_{1}\left( T\right) \), the dividend rate process \( {\delta }_{1}\left( \cdot \right) \) is nonrandom and the processes \( {\sigma }_{11}\left( \cdot \right) ,\ldots ,{\sigma }_{1N}\left( \cdot \right) \) are uniformly bounded, then the ...
To see this, observe from (1.5.16) that the process \( \frac{{S}_{1}\left( t\right) }{{S}_{0}\left( t\right) }\exp \left\{ {{\int }_{0}^{t}{\delta }_{1}\left( u\right) {du}}\right\} \) is a \( {P}_{0} \) -martingale, so the numerator of (3.4) is\n\n\[ {E}_{0}\left\lbrack {{S}_{1}\left( T\right) /{S}_{0}\left( T\right) ...
Yes
Example 3.5 (Forward price of a stock with nonrandom dividend payments, when the money market is nonrandom): If \( B = {S}_{1}\left( T\right) \), if the dividend-payment \( \rho \left( \cdot \right) \triangleq {\delta }_{1}\left( \cdot \right) {S}_{1}\left( \cdot \right) \) and money-market prices \( {S}_{0}\left( \cdo...
\[ \frac{{S}_{1}\left( t\right) }{{S}_{0}\left( t\right) } + {\int }_{0}^{t}\frac{\rho \left( u\right) }{{S}_{0}\left( u\right) }{du},\;0 \leq t \leq T, \] is a martingale under \( {P}_{0} \) . From (3.4) we have \[ f\left( t\right) = {S}_{0}\left( T\right) \left\lbrack {\frac{{S}_{1}\left( t\right) }{{S}_{0}\left( t...
Yes
Corollary 3.9 (Forward-futures spread): Under the conditions of Theorem 3.7, we have\n\n\\[ \nf\\left( t\\right) = \\varphi \\left( t\\right) + \\frac{{\\operatorname{Cov}}_{0}\\left\\lbrack {B,1/{S}_{0}\\left( T\\right) \\mid \\mathcal{F}\\left( t\\right) }\\right\\rbrack }{{E}_{0}\\left\\lbrack {1/{S}_{0}\\left( T\\r...
Proof. Because\n\n\\[ \n{\\operatorname{Cov}}_{0}\\left\\lbrack {X, Y \\mid \\mathcal{F}\\left( t\\right) }\\right\\rbrack = {E}_{0}\\left\\lbrack {{XY} \\mid \\mathcal{F}\\left( t\\right) }\\right\\rbrack - {E}_{0}\\left\\lbrack {X \\mid \\mathcal{F}\\left( t\\right) }\\right\\rbrack \\cdot {E}_{0}\\left\\lbrack {Y \\...
Yes
Example 4.1 (European call option): A European call option on the first stock in our market is the ECC given by \( C\left( t\right) = 0,\;0 \leq t < T \) and \( C\left( T\right) = {\left( {S}_{1}\left( T\right) - q\right) }^{ + } \) . The nonrandom constant \( q > 0 \) is called the strike price, and \( T \) is the exp...
With \( \varphi \left( x\right) \triangleq {\left( {x}_{1} - q\right) }^{ + } \), the Gaussian integration in (4.6) can be carried out explicitly, to yield\n\n\[ \n{u}^{ECC}\left( {s,{x}_{1};q}\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} {x}_{1}{e}^{-{\delta }_{1}s}\Phi \left( {{\rho }_{ + }\left( {s,{x}_{1};q}\right) }\right) ...
Yes
The European put option confers to its holder the right to sell a stock at a future time at a prespecified price. We model a put on the first stock as the ECC with \( C\left( t\right) = 0 \) for \( 0 \leq t < T \) and \( C\left( T\right) = {\left( q - {S}_{1}\left( T\right) \right) }^{ + } \) . Because \( {\left( q - {...
First note from Remark 1.5.11 that\n\n\[ \n{e}^{-\left( {r - {\delta }_{1}}\right) t}{S}_{1}\left( t\right) = {S}_{1}\left( 0\right) + {\int }_{0}^{t}{e}^{-\left( {r - {\delta }_{1}}\right) u}\left\lbrack {d{S}_{1}\left( u\right) - \left( {r - {\delta }_{1}}\right) {S}_{1}\left( u\right) {du}}\right\rbrack \n\]\n\n\[ \...
Yes
Consider an ECC of the form \( C\left( t\right) = 0 \) for \( 0 \leq t < T \) and \( C\left( T\right) = G\left( \omega \right) \) , where \( G : C\left( \left\lbrack {0, T}\right\rbrack \right) \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) is a functional satisfying under \( {P}_{0} \) the conditions (E.4)-(E.6) of Appendix E. Then from t...
\[ {V}^{ECC}\left( t\right) = {e}^{-r\left( {T - t}\right) }{E}_{0}\left\lbrack {G\left( {W}_{0}\right) \mid \mathcal{F}\left( t\right) }\right\rbrack \] \[ = {e}^{-r\left( {T - t}\right) }{E}_{0}G\left( {W}_{0}\right) \] \[ + {e}^{-r\left( {T - t}\right) }{\int }_{0}^{t}{E}_{0}\left\lbrack {\partial G\left( {{W}_{0};(...
Yes
Theorem 6.7 (McKean (1965)): Under the assumption (6.7), the value process for a perpetual American call option is given by\n\n\[ \n{V}^{AC}\left( {t;\infty }\right) = g\left( {S\left( t\right) }\right) ,\;0 \leq t < \infty ,\n\]\n\nwhere the function \( g \) is\n\n\[ \ng\left( x\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \lef...
Proof. Itô's rule for convex functions (e.g., Karatzas and Shreve (1991), Theorem 3.6.22 and Problem 3.6.7(i)) implies\n\n\[ \nd\left( {{e}^{-{rt}}g\left( {S\left( t\right) }\right) }\right) = {e}^{-{rt}}S\left( t\right) {g}^{\prime }\left( {S\left( t\right) }\right) {\sigma d}{W}_{0}\left( t\right) - {e}^{-{rt}}\left(...
Yes
Theorem 7.3 (Maximization of the expected utility from consumption): Let Assumptions 2.1 and 7.1 hold, let \( x \in \left( {{\mathcal{X}}_{1}\left( \infty \right) ,\infty }\right) \) be given, and define\n\n\[ \n{c}_{1}\left( t\right) \triangleq {I}_{1}\left( {t,{\mathcal{Y}}_{1}\left( x\right) {H}_{0}\left( t\right) }...
It is now not difficult to see that the value function \( {V}_{1} \) is given by (cf. (6.21))\n\n\[ \n{V}_{1}\left( x\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} {G}_{1}\left( {{\mathcal{Y}}_{1}\left( x\right) }\right) , & x > {\mathcal{X}}_{1}\left( \infty \right) , \\ E{\int }_{0}^{T}{U}_{1}\left( {t,\bar{c}\left( t\right) }\...
Yes
Example 7.5 (Subsistence consumption): Suppose\n\n\[ \n{U}_{1}\left( c\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \log \left( {c - \bar{c}}\right) , & \bar{c} < c < \infty , \\ - \infty , & - \infty < c \leq \bar{c}, \end{array}\right.\n\]\n\nwhere \( \bar{c} \) is a positive constant that consumption must exceed at all times....
If \( {S}_{0}\left( \cdot \right) \) is deterministic, we can derive the optimal portfolio explicitly. Under this condition,\n\n\[ \n{X}_{1}\left( t\right) = \frac{T - t}{T{H}_{0}\left( t\right) }\left( {x - \bar{c}{h}_{1}}\right) + \bar{c}{S}_{0}\left( t\right) \left( {{\int }_{t}^{T}\frac{du}{{S}_{0}\left( u\right) }...
Yes
Example 7.9 (Portfolio insurance): Suppose\n\n\\[ \n{U}_{2}\\left( x\\right) = \\left\\{ \\begin{array}{ll} \\log \\left( {x - \\bar{x}}\\right) , & \\bar{x} < x < \\infty , \\\\ - \\infty , & - \\infty < x \\leq \\bar{x}, \\end{array}\\right.\n\\]\n\nwhere \\( \\bar{x} \\) is a positive constant below which terminal w...
As in Example 7.5, we can derive the optimal portfolio explicitly when \\( {S}_{0}\\left( \\cdot \\right) \\) is deterministic. Under this condition,\n\n\\[ \n{M}_{2}\\left( t\\right) \\triangleq {H}_{0}\\left( t\\right) {X}_{2}\\left( t\\right) = x - \\bar{x}{h}_{2} + \\frac{\\bar{x}{Z}_{0}\\left( t\\right) }{{S}_{0}\...
Yes
Theorem 8.11 (Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation): Under Assumptions 8.1 and 8.2, the value function \( V\\left( {t, x}\\right) \) of (8.29),(8.30) is of class \( {C}^{1,2} \) on the set \( D \) of (8.10), continuous on the set \( \\{ \\left( {t, x}\\right) \\in \) \( \\left\\lbrack {0, T}\\right\\rbrack \\times \\left( ...
Proof. Differentiating (8.9) and (8.29) and using the formula (8.35), we obtain for \( \\left( {t, x}\\right) \\in D \) ,\n\n\[ {\\mathcal{X}}_{t}\\left( {t,\\mathcal{Y}\\left( {t, x}\\right) }\\right) + {\\mathcal{X}}_{y}\\left( {t,\\mathcal{Y}\\left( {t, x}\\right) }\\right) {\\mathcal{Y}}_{t}\\left( {t, x}\\right) =...
Yes
Theorem 8.12 (Convex dual of \( V\left( {t, \cdot }\right) \) ): Let Assumptions 8.1 and 8.2 hold. Then, for each \( t \in \left\lbrack {0, T}\right\rbrack \), the function \( V\left( {t, \cdot }\right) \) satisfies all the conditions of Definition 4.1, and\n\n\[ \mathcal{X}\left( {t,\infty }\right) = \inf \{ x \in \ma...
Proof. All the claims (8.40)-(8.43) made here for fixed \( t \in \lbrack 0, T) \) are contained in Theorem 6.11, taking \( T \) in that theorem to be \( T - t \) here. When \( t = T,\left( {8.40}\right) - \left( {8.43}\right) \) and (8.45) follow directly from the definitions.\n\nEquation (8.42), Lemma 8.4, and Lemma 8...
Yes
Consider the case that \( r\left( \cdot \right) = \) \( r > 0,\theta \left( \cdot \right) = \theta \neq 0 \), and \( \sigma \left( \cdot \right) = \sigma \) are constants, and \( A\left( \cdot \right) \equiv 0 \). Set \( \gamma = \frac{1}{2}\parallel \theta {\parallel }^{2} > 0 \). Assume that\n\n\[ \n{U}_{1}\left( {t,...
The functions of Theorem 8.12 can be computed explicitly, following Karatzas, Lehoczky, and Shreve (1987), as follows. Denote by \( {\lambda }_{ + } \) and \( {\lambda }_{ - } \) the respective positive and negative roots of the quadratic equation \( \gamma {\lambda }^{2} - \) \( \left( {r - \alpha - \gamma }\right) \l...
Yes
In a continuous-time capital asset pricing model with an underlying \( N \) -dimensional Markov state process, the risk premia of assets can be computed theoretically from their covariances with a set of \( N + 1 \) mutual funds.
Breeden (1979) shows that rather than using the set of all covariances, one can in principle compute risk premia from the covariance of assets with the consumption process of an optimally behaving investor. Like the simple mean-variance capital asset pricing model, this consumption-based capital asset pricing model doe...
No
Theorem 6.4 (Uniqueness of the equilibrium market): Assume that (6.4) holds. Then the equilibrium money market process \( {S}_{0}\left( \cdot \right) \), the state price density process \( {H}_{0}\left( \cdot \right) \), and the market price of risk process \( \theta \left( \cdot \right) \), are uniquely determined, as...
Proof. The uniqueness of \( {H}_{0}\left( \cdot \right) \) follows from Corollary 5.4, Theorem 6.1, and the initial condition \( {H}_{0}\left( 0\right) = 1 \) . The uniqueness of \( {\widehat{c}}_{1}\left( \cdot \right) ,\ldots ,{\widehat{c}}_{K}\left( \cdot \right) \) also follows from Theorem 6.1. The semimartingale ...
Yes
Example 7.1 (Logarithmic utility with subsistence consumption): Let \( {U}_{k}\left( c\right) = \log \left( {c - {\bar{c}}_{k}}\right) \), for \( c > {c}_{k}, k = 1,\ldots, K \), where each \( {\bar{c}}_{k} \) is a nonnegative constant. Then
\[ {U}^{\prime }\left( {c;\Lambda }\right) = \mathcal{H}\left( {c;\Lambda }\right) = \frac{1}{c - \bar{c}}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{k = 1}}^{K}{\lambda }_{k},\;c > \bar{c}. \] We normalize \( \Lambda \) by setting \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{k = 1}}^{K}{\lambda }_{k} = \epsilon \left( 0\right) - \bar{c} \), a strictly pos...
Yes
Let \( {U}_{k}\left( c\right) = \) \( \frac{1}{p}{\left( c - {\bar{c}}_{k}\right) }^{p} \) for \( c > {\bar{c}}_{k}, k = 1,\ldots, K \), where \( p < 1, p \neq 0 \), and each \( {\bar{c}}_{k} \) is a nonnegative constant. Then
\[ {U}^{\prime }\left( {c;\underset{ \sim }{\Lambda }}\right) = \mathcal{H}\left( {c;\underset{ \sim }{\Lambda }}\right) = {\left\lbrack \frac{\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{k = 1}}^{K}{\lambda }_{k}^{\frac{1}{1 - p}}}{c - \bar{c}}\right\rbrack }^{1 - p},\;c > \bar{c}. \] We normalize \( \Lambda \) by setting \( \mathop{\sum ...
Yes
Example 7.5 (Constant aggregate endowment): If the aggregate endowment \( \epsilon > \bar{c} \) is constant, then the unique vector \( \Lambda \) satisfying the normalization \( \mathcal{H}\left( {\epsilon ;\Lambda }\right) = 1 \) is \[ \underset{ \sim }{\Lambda } = \left( {\frac{1}{{U}_{1}^{\prime }\left( {\widehat{c}...
Constant aggregate endowment implies \( \nu \left( \cdot \right) \equiv 0,\xi \left( \cdot \right) \equiv 0,\rho \left( \cdot \right) \equiv 0 \) in (2.2), and the local time of \( \epsilon \left( \cdot \right) \) at every point is zero. Therefore, the equilibrium market coefficients (6.20)-(6.22) are \[ r\left( t\righ...
Yes
Example 7.6 \( \\left( {K = 2,{U}_{1}\\left( c\\right) = \\log c,{U}_{2}\\left( c\\right) = \\sqrt{c}\\text{.}}\\right) : \) In this case, we have\n\n\[ \n{U}^{\\prime }\\left( {c;\\Lambda }\\right) = \\mathcal{H}\\left( {c;\\Lambda }\\right) = \\frac{{\\lambda }_{1}}{2c}\\left\\lbrack {1 + \\sqrt{1 + c{\\left( \\frac{...
The positive constants \( {\\lambda }_{1} \) and \( {\\lambda }_{2} \) are uniquely determined by (5.17) with \( k = 1 \) :\n\n\[ \n2{\\int }_{0}^{T}{e}^{-{\\int }_{0}^{t}\\beta \\left( u\\right) {du}}{dt} \n\]\n\n\[ \n= E{\\int }_{0}^{T}{e}^{-{\\int }_{0}^{t}\\beta \\left( u\\right) {du}}\\left\\lbrack {1 + \\sqrt{1 +...
Yes
Example 7.8 (Ergodic aggregate endowment): Let us suppose that each agent \( k \) has utility function \( {U}_{k} \) with \( {\bar{c}}_{k} = 0 \) and \( {U}_{k}^{\prime }\left( 0\right) = \infty \), so \( \bar{c} = 0 \) . Let us further suppose that the aggregate endowment process \( \epsilon \left( \cdot \right) \) is...
Then the diffusion process \( \epsilon \left( \cdot \right) \) is ergodic with invariant measure \( m\left( {dc}\right) /m\left( \mathcal{I}\right) \) (cf. Proposition 5.5.22 and Exercise 5.5.40 in Karatzas and Shreve (1991)).
Yes
Example 7.3 (European call option): We consider one stock \( S\left( \cdot \right) = {S}_{1}\left( \cdot \right) \) driven by a single Brownian motion, we assume (7.1)-(7.3), and we denote \( {\sigma }_{11} \) by \( \sigma \) . A European call option corresponds to \( \varphi \left( x\right) = {\left( x - q\right) }^{ ...
\[ \widehat{\varphi }\left( x\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} {\left( \frac{\beta - 1}{q}\right) }^{\beta - 1}{\left( \frac{x}{\beta }\right) }^{\beta }, & \text{ if }0 < x \leq \frac{\beta q}{\beta - 1}, \\ x - q, & \text{ if }x \geq \frac{\beta q}{\beta - 1}. \end{array}\right. \] (7.25) The function \( \widehat{\...
Yes
Example 7.4 (European put option): We assume again (7.1)-(7.3) and consider one stock. A European put option corresponds to \( \varphi \left( x\right) = {\left( q - x\right) }^{ + } \) , where \( q \geq 0 \) . We consider again \( K = \left\lbrack {\alpha ,\beta }\right\rbrack \) with \( - \infty \leq \alpha \leq 0 \le...
\[ \widehat{\varphi }\left( x\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} q - x, & \text{ if }0 < x \leq \frac{\alpha q}{\alpha - 1}, \\ {\left( \frac{\left| \alpha - 1\right| }{q}\right) }^{\alpha - 1}{\left( \frac{x}{\left| \alpha \right| }\right) }^{\alpha }, & \text{ if }x \geq \frac{\alpha q}{\alpha - 1} \end{array}\right....
Yes
Example 8.8 (Incomplete market): Consider the case \( K = \{ p \in \) \( \left. {{\mathbb{R}}^{N};{p}_{M + 1} = \cdots = {p}_{N} = 0}\right\} \) of Example 4.1(iii), where there are only \( M \) stocks available for investment, but these are driven by the \( N \) -dimensional Brownian motion \( W\left( \cdot \right) \)...
\[ \zeta \left( \nu \right) + {p}^{\prime }\nu = 0,\;\forall p \in K,\;\nu \in \widetilde{K}. \]
Yes
Example 10.2 (Prohibition of short-selling): We consider a market with constant coefficients and one stock, i.e., \( N = 1 \) . When short-selling is prohibited (Example 9.7(ii), \( K = \left\lbrack {0,\infty ),{K}_{ - } = ( - \infty ,0}\right\rbrack \) ), we have \( \widetilde{K} = \lbrack 0,\infty ) \) , \( \zeta \le...
\[ \check{\varphi }\left( x\right) = \mathop{\inf }\limits_{{\nu \geq 0}}\varphi \left( {x{e}^{-\nu }}\right) ,\;\forall x > 0. \] For a European call, we have \[ \check{\varphi }\left( x\right) = \mathop{\inf }\limits_{{\nu \geq 0}}{\left( x{e}^{-\nu } - q\right) }^{ + } = 0,\;\forall x > 0, \] and the lower hedging v...
Yes
Example 10.3 (Prohibition of borrowing): We consider again a market with constant coefficients and one stock, i.e., \( N = 1 \) . When borrowing from the money market is prohibited (Example 9.7(vi), \( K = ( - \infty ,1\rbrack ,{K}_{ - } = \) \( \lbrack 1,\infty )) \), we have \( \widetilde{K} = ( - \infty ,0\rbrack ,\...
\[ \check{\varphi }\left( x\right) = \mathop{\inf }\limits_{{\nu \leq 0}}\left\lbrack {{e}^{\nu }\varphi \left( {x{e}^{-\nu }}\right) }\right\rbrack ,\;\forall x > 0. \] For a European call option, we have \[ \check{\varphi }\left( x\right) = \mathop{\inf }\limits_{{\nu \leq 0}}{\left( x - q{e}^{\nu }\right) }^{ + } = ...
Yes
Proposition 5.1 (Weak Duality): Suppose (5.2) and (5.3) hold. Then, for any given \( y \in \left( {0,\infty }\right) \) and with \( x = {\mathcal{X}}_{{\nu }_{y}}\left( y\right) \) , (i) there exists an optimal consumption and portfolio-proportion process pair \( \left( {\widehat{c},\widehat{p}}\right) \in {\mathcal{A}...
Proof. First, let us note that (5.3), (3.10), and (3.27) imply \[ V\left( {x;K}\right) \leq \widetilde{V}\left( y\right) + {xy},\forall y > 0,\forall x > 0. \] (5.5) Now fix \( y \in \left( {0,\infty }\right) \), let \( x = {\mathcal{X}}_{{\nu }_{y}}\left( y\right) \), and note that the assumption \( {\widetilde{V}}_{{...
Yes
Example 6.7 (Utility functions of power type): Fix \( \beta \in \left( {-\infty ,1}\right) \smallsetminus \{ 0\} \) and assume\n\n\[ \n{U}_{1}\left( {t, x}\right) = {U}_{2}\left( x\right) = \frac{1}{\beta }{x}^{\beta },\;0 \leq t \leq T, x > 0.\n\]
We know from Example 3.8.13 that\n\n\[ \n{\mathcal{X}}_{\widehat{\nu }}\left( {t, y}\right) = k\left( t\right) {y}^{\frac{1}{\beta - 1}},\;{G}_{\widehat{\nu }}\left( {t, y}\right) = \frac{1}{\beta }k\left( t\right) {y}^{\frac{\beta }{\beta - 1}},\n\]\n\n\[ \n\widetilde{V}\left( {t, y}\right) = \frac{1 - \beta }{\beta }...
Yes
Example 7.2 (Logarithmic utility, incomplete market): \( {U}_{1}\left( {t, x}\right) = \) \( {U}_{2}\left( x\right) = \log x \) for every \( \left( {t, x}\right) \in \left\lbrack {0, T}\right\rbrack \times \left( {0,\infty }\right) \).
This is Example 4.2, specialized to the case of an incomplete market; i.e., \( K \) given by (7.1). The expression in (4.23) to be minimized over \( \xi \in {\mathbb{R}}^{L} \) is\n\n\[ \frac{1}{2}{\begin{Vmatrix}\widetilde{\theta }\left( t\right) + {\rho }^{\prime }\left( t\right) \left( a\left( t\right) + \xi - r\lef...
Yes
Example 8.5 (Logarithmic utilities, general coefficients): In the special case \( {U}_{1}\left( {t, x}\right) = {U}_{2}\left( x\right) = \log x,0 \leq t \leq T, x > 0 \), we have \( {\widetilde{U}}_{1}\left( {t, y}\right) = {\widetilde{U}}_{2}\left( y\right) = \) \( - \left( {1 + \log y}\right), y > 0 \) (see Example 4...
\[ {\widetilde{V}}_{\nu }\left( y\right) = - \left( {T + 1}\right) \left( {1 + \log y}\right) - {\int }_{0}^{T}E\left\lbrack {\log {H}_{\nu }\left( t\right) }\right\rbrack {dt} - E\left\lbrack {\log {H}_{\nu }\left( T\right) }\right\rbrack . \] For \( \nu \left( \cdot \right) \in \mathcal{D} \), we have \[ - E\left\lbr...
Yes
Assume that \( {U}_{1}\left( {t, x}\right) = {U}_{2}\left( x\right) = \frac{1}{\beta }{x}^{\beta },0 \leq t \leq T, x > 0 \), for some \( \beta < 0 \) , \( \beta \neq 0 \) . Assume further that \( r\left( \cdot \right), R\left( \cdot \right) ,\sigma \left( \cdot \right) \), and \( \theta \left( \cdot \right) \) are det...
We take \( {\widehat{\nu }}_{1}\left( t\right) \) to be the (nonrandom) minimizer of\n\n\[ - \left( {1 - \beta }\right) {\nu }_{1} + \frac{1}{2}{\begin{Vmatrix}\theta \left( t\right) + {\nu }_{1}{\sigma }^{-1}\left( t\right) {1}_{N}\end{Vmatrix}}^{2}\text{ over }{\nu }_{1} \in \left\lbrack {-\left( {R\left( t\right) - ...
Yes
Theorem 1.1.1 (Cauchy-Schwarz inequality).\n\n\\[ \left| {\\langle \\mathbf{a},\\mathbf{b}\\rangle }\\right| \\leq \\parallel \\mathbf{a}\\parallel \\cdot \\parallel \\mathbf{b}\\parallel \\]
Proof. The inequality is trivial if either \\( \\mathbf{a} \\) or \\( \\mathbf{b} \\) is zero, so we assume that neither is. If we let \\( \\mathbf{x} = \\frac{\\mathbf{a}}{\\parallel \\mathbf{a}\\parallel } \\) and \\( \\mathbf{y} = \\frac{\\mathbf{b}}{\\parallel \\mathbf{b}\\parallel } \\), then \\( \\parallel \\math...
Yes
Proposition 1.1.1 (Triangle inequalities). Let \( x, y \in {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) . Then\n\n1. \( \parallel \mathbf{x} \pm \mathbf{y}\parallel \leq \parallel \mathbf{x}\parallel + \parallel \mathbf{y}\parallel \) ;\n\n2. \( \left| {\parallel \mathbf{x}\parallel - \parallel \mathbf{y}\parallel }\right| \leq \parallel \math...
Proof. 1. As above,\n\n\[ \parallel \mathbf{x} \pm \mathbf{y}{\parallel }^{2} = \langle \mathbf{x} \pm \mathbf{y},\mathbf{x} \pm \mathbf{y}\rangle \]\n\n\[ = \parallel \mathbf{x}{\parallel }^{2} \pm 2\langle \mathbf{x},\mathbf{y}\rangle + \parallel \mathbf{y}{\parallel }^{2} \]\n\n\[ \leq \parallel \mathbf{x}{\parallel...
Yes
Let us consider the vector field (Fig. 1.4)\n\n\[ \mathbf{F} : {\mathbb{R}}^{2} \smallsetminus \{ 0\} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{2} \]\n\ndefined by\n\n\[ \mathbf{F}\left( {x, y}\right) = \left( {-\frac{y}{\sqrt{{x}^{2} + {y}^{2}}},\frac{x}{\sqrt{{x}^{2} + {y}^{2}}}}\right) . \]
Clearly, \( \mathbf{F}\left( {x, y}\right) \) is a unit vector, and if we place this vector at the point \( \left( {x, y}\right) \), we see that it is a tangent vector at \( \left( {x, y}\right) \) to the circle centered at the origin that passes through this point.
Yes
Example 1.2.3 (Velocity field of a fluid). For every point \( \left( {x, y, z}\right) \) of an open set \( U \subset \) \( {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \) let \( \mathbf{F}\left( {x, y, z}\right) \) represent the velocity of a fluid at the position \( \left( {x, y, z}\right) \) at a given fixed time. Then
\[ \mathbf{F} : U \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \] is a vector field.
Yes
The vector field \( \mathbf{F}\left( {x, y, z}\right) = \left( {-y, x,0}\right) \) represents a rotation about \( \mathbf{N} = \left( {0,0,1}\right) \) . We observe that \( \operatorname{Curl}\mathbf{F} = \left( {0,0,1}\right) \) gives the direction of the rotation axis (Fig. 1.6).
We will deduce from Stokes's theorem that this is no coincidence (see Corollary 9.4.1).
No
Theorem 1.2.2. Let \( f : U \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) be a function of class \( {C}^{2} \) on the open set \( U \) . Then for all \( \mathbf{x} \in U \) and all \( i, j = 1,2,\ldots, n \) ,
\[ \frac{{\partial }^{2}f}{\partial {x}_{i}\partial {x}_{j}}\left( \mathbf{x}\right) = \frac{{\partial }^{2}f}{\partial {x}_{j}\partial {x}_{i}}\left( \mathbf{x}\right) . \]
Yes
Theorem 1.2.3. Let \( \mathbf{F} : U \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \) be a vector field of class \( {C}^{2} \) on the open set U. Then\n\n\[ \text{Div}\left( {\operatorname{Curl}\mathbf{F}}\right) = 0\text{.} \]
Proof. \( {}^{1} \) Since \( \mathbf{F} = \left( {{f}_{1},{f}_{2},{f}_{3}}\right) \), Schwarz’s theorem concerning the symmetry of second derivatives gives\n\n---\n\n\( {}^{1} \) In Chap. 6 we will present an alternative argument (Corollary 6.3.1) based on properties of the exterior differential.\n\n---\n\n\n\n\[ \oper...
No
The line segment joining two points \( \mathbf{x},\mathbf{y} \in {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) is the arc \( \left\lbrack {\mathbf{x},\mathbf{y}}\right\rbrack \mathrel{\text{:=}} \) \( \mathbf{\gamma }\left( \left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \right) \), where \( \mathbf{\gamma } : \left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \rightarrow {\math...
\[ \mathbf{y}\left( t\right) = \mathbf{x} + t\left( {\mathbf{y} - \mathbf{x}}\right) = t\mathbf{y} + \left( {1 - t}\right) \mathbf{x}. \]
Yes
Lemma 2.1.1. Let \( c \) be a real number: The function \( f : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) , \[ f\left( t\right) \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} c{\mathrm{e}}^{-\frac{1}{{t}^{2}}}, & t < 0, \\ 0, & t = 0, \\ {\mathrm{e}}^{-\frac{1}{{t}^{2}}}, & t > 0, \end{array}\right. \] is of class \( {C}^{\in...
Proof. We show that for each \( n \in \mathbb{N} \cup \{ 0\} \) there is a polynomial \( {P}_{n} \) such that \[ {f}^{\left( n\right) }\left( t\right) \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} c\frac{{P}_{n}\left( t\right) }{{t}^{3n}}{\mathrm{e}}^{-\frac{1}{{t}^{2}}}, & t < 0, \\ 0, & t = 0, \\ \frac{{P}_{n}\left( ...
Yes
Lemma 2.1.2. Let \( \gamma : \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) be a path and let \( P \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left\{ {a = {t}_{1} < \cdots < {t}_{k} = b}\right\} \) be a partition of \( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \) . If \( Q \) is another partition of \( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbra...
Proof. We can assume without any loss of generality that \( Q \) is obtained from \( P \) by adding a single point. Thus, we assume \( Q = P \cup \{ s\} \), where \( {t}_{j} < s < {t}_{j + 1} \) . Then\n\n\[ L\left( {\mathbf{\gamma }, Q}\right) \mathrel{\text{:=}} \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i \neq j}}\begin{Vmatrix}{\math...
Yes
Corollary 2.1.1. Let \( \gamma : \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) be a piecewise \( {C}^{1} \) path. Then \( \gamma \) is rectifiable and \( L\left( \mathbf{\gamma }\right) = {\int }_{a}^{b}\begin{Vmatrix}{{\mathbf{\gamma }}^{\prime }\left( t\right) }\end{Vmatrix}\mathrm{d}t \) .
Proof. Let \( \left\{ {a = {t}_{1} < {t}_{2} < \cdots < {t}_{k} = b}\right\} \) be a partition of \( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \) such that \( {\mathbf{\gamma }}_{j} \mathrel{\text{:=}} {\mathbf{\gamma }}_{\mid \left\lbrack {{t}_{j},{t}_{j + 1}}\right\rbrack } \) is of class \( {C}^{1} \) for every \( j = 1,\ldo...
Yes
Lemma 2.2.1. Let \( P \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left\{ {a = {t}_{1} < {t}_{2} < \cdots < {t}_{k} = b}\right\} \) be a partition of the interval \( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \) . For any continuous function \( f : \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) and for each selection \( {u}_{j} \in \left\lb...
Proof. By the Heine-Cantor theorem, \( f \) is uniformly continuous, which means that for every \( \varepsilon > 0 \) one can find \( \delta > 0 \) such that\n\n\[ \left| {f\left( s\right) - f\left( t\right) }\right| \leq \varepsilon \]\n\nwhenever \( s, t \in \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \) and \( \left| {s - t}\r...
Yes
Example 2.3.1. Let \( g : U \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) be a function of class \( {C}^{1} \) on the open set \( U \) . The differential of \( g \) at point \( \mathbf{x} \in U \) is the linear mapping \( \mathrm{d}g\left( \mathbf{x}\right) : {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) given by
\[ \left( {\mathrm{d}g}\right) \left( \mathbf{x}\right) \left( \mathbf{h}\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{n}\frac{\partial g}{\partial {x}_{j}}\left( \mathbf{x}\right) {h}_{j} = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{n}\frac{\partial g}{\partial {x}_{j}}\left( \mathbf{x}\right) \mathrm{d}{x}_{j}\left( \mathbf{h}\ri...
Yes
Theorem 2.4.1. Let \( U \) and \( V \) be open subsets of \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) and \( {\mathbb{R}}^{m} \) respectively. If the mappings \( \mathbf{F} : U \rightarrow V \) and \( \mathbf{G} : V \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{p} \) are differentiable at \( \mathbf{a} \in U \) and \( \mathbf{F}\left( \mathbf{a}\right) \in V ...
\[ \mathrm{d}\mathbf{H}\left( \mathbf{a}\right) = \mathrm{d}\mathbf{G}\left( {\mathbf{F}\left( \mathbf{a}\right) }\right) \circ \mathrm{d}\mathbf{F}\left( \mathbf{a}\right) ,\] or, in terms of their associated matrices, \[ {\mathbf{H}}^{\prime }\left( \mathbf{a}\right) = {\mathbf{G}}^{\prime }\left( {\mathbf{F}\left( \...
Yes
Corollary 2.4.1. Let \( V \) be an open subset of \( {\mathbb{R}}^{m},\gamma : \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \rightarrow V \) a path that has a derivative at each point of \( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \), and suppose \( \mathbf{G} : V \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{m} \) is differentiable at each point of \( \math...
Proof. We write \( \mathbf{\gamma }\left( t\right) = \left( {{\gamma }_{1}\left( t\right) ,\ldots ,{\gamma }_{m}\left( t\right) }\right) \), where \( {\gamma }_{j} : \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) has a derivative on \( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \) for each \( j = 1,\ldots, n \) (or \...
Yes
Corollary 2.4.2. Let \( \alpha : \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) be differentiable at each point of \( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \) and let \( \mathbf{\beta } : \left\lbrack {c, d}\right\rbrack \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{m} \) be a path that has a derivative at each point of \( \left\lb...
\[ {\left( \mathbf{\beta } \circ \mathbf{\alpha }\right) }^{\prime }\left( t\right) = {\mathbf{\beta }}^{\prime }\left( {\mathbf{\alpha }\left( t\right) }\right) {\mathbf{\alpha }}^{\prime }\left( t\right) \] for every \( t \in \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \) . Furthermore, if \( \alpha \) is \( {C}^{q} \) on \( \l...
Yes
Proposition 2.4.1. If \( \alpha \) and \( \beta \) are two equivalent paths and one of them, say \( \beta \), is piecewise \( {C}^{1} \), then \( \mathbf{\alpha } \) is piecewise \( {C}^{1} \) and \( L\left( \mathbf{\alpha }\right) = L\left( \mathbf{\beta }\right) \) .
Proof. Write \( \alpha = \beta \circ \varphi \), where \( \varphi \) is as in Definition 2.4.1 and let \( Q = \) \( \left\{ {c = {u}_{1} < \cdots < {u}_{k} = d}\right\} \) be a partition of \( \left\lbrack {c, d}\right\rbrack \) such that \( {\mathbf{\beta }}_{\mid \left\lbrack {{u}_{j},{u}_{j + 1}}\right\rbrack } \) i...
Yes
Proposition 2.4.2. Let \( \omega \) be a continuous 1-form on \( U \), and let \( \mathbf{\alpha } \) and \( \mathbf{\beta } \) be two piecewise \( {C}^{1} \) paths in \( U \) with \( \mathbf{\alpha } \sim \mathbf{\beta } \). Then\n\n\[ \n{\int }_{\alpha }\omega = {\int }_{\beta }\omega \n\]
Proof. Let us first assume that \( \mathbf{\alpha } \) and \( \mathbf{\beta } \) are paths of class \( {C}^{1} \). Then, employing the same notation as the previous proof, we have\n\n\[ \n{\int }_{\mathbf{\beta }}\mathbf{\omega } = {\int }_{\varphi \left( a\right) }^{\varphi \left( b\right) }\mathbf{\omega }\left( {\ma...
Yes
Proposition 2.4.3. Let \( \omega \) be a continuous 1-form on an open subset \( U \) of \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) and let \( \mathbf{\alpha },\mathbf{\beta },\mathbf{\gamma } \) be three piecewise \( {C}^{1} \) paths in \( U \) with the final point of \( \mathbf{\alpha } \) coinciding with the initial point of \( \mathbf{...
Proof. Since \( {\left( -\gamma \right) }^{\prime }\left( t\right) = - {\gamma }^{\prime }\left( {-t}\right) \), the substitution \( u = - t \) gives\n\n\[{\int }_{-\gamma }\omega = {\int }_{-b}^{-a}\omega \left( {\gamma \left( {-t}\right) }\right) \left( {-{\gamma }^{\prime }\left( {-t}\right) }\right) \mathrm{d}t\]\n...
Yes
Let \( \mathbf{F} : {\mathbb{R}}^{2} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{2} \) be the vector field defined by \( \mathbf{F}\left( {x, y}\right) = \left( {x, y}\right) \) and let us consider the paths (Fig. 2.4)\n\n\[{\mathbf{\gamma }}_{1} : \left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{2}\text{ and }{\mathbf{\gamma }...
\n\[{\int }_{{\mathbf{y}}_{1}}\mathbf{F} = {\int }_{0}^{1}\langle \left( {t, t}\right) ,\left( {1,1}\right) \rangle \mathrm{d}t = {\int }_{0}^{1}\left( {t + t}\right) \mathrm{d}t = 1.\]\n\nAlso\n\n\[{\int }_{{\mathbf{\gamma }}_{2}}\mathbf{F} = {\int }_{0}^{1}\left\langle {\left( {t,{t}^{2}}\right) ,\left( {1,{2t}}\righ...
Yes
Let \( {\mathbf{\gamma }}_{1} \) and \( {\mathbf{\gamma }}_{2} \) be the paths given in Example 2.5.1 but let us consider instead the vector field \[ \mathbf{F}\left( {x, y}\right) = \left( {-y + \frac{3}{8}, x - \frac{1}{2}}\right) . \]
Then \[ {\int }_{{\mathbf{\gamma }}_{1}}\mathbf{F} = {\int }_{0}^{1}\left\langle {\left( {-t + \frac{3}{8}, t - \frac{1}{2}}\right) ,\left( {1,1}\right) }\right\rangle \mathrm{d}t = {\int }_{0}^{1} - \frac{1}{8}\mathrm{\;d}t = - \frac{1}{8}, \] while \[ {\int }_{{\mathbf{\gamma }}_{2}}\mathbf{F} = {\int }_{0}^{1}\left\...
Yes
Theorem 2.5.1. Let \( g : U \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) be a function of class \( {C}^{1} \) on an open set \( U \) and \( \mathbf{\gamma } : \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \rightarrow U \) a piecewise \( {C}^{1} \) path. Then\n\n\[{\int }_{\mathbf{y}}\mathbf{\nabla }g = {\int }_{\mathbf{y}}\ma...
Proof. Since \( \mathrm{d}g \) is the 1 -form associated to the vector field \( \mathbf{\nabla }g \), the first equation follows from our observation immediately preceding Sect. 2.4. For the second equation, we take the usual expansion of the 1 -form \( \mathrm{d}g \),\n\n\[ \mathrm{d}g = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 1}...
Yes
Lemma 2.5.1. Let \( U \) be starlike with respect to the point \( a \in U \) . If \( y \in B\left( {x, R}\right) \subset U \) , then the triangle (Fig. 2.6) with vertex \( \{ \mathbf{a},\mathbf{x},\mathbf{y}\} \) is contained in \( U \) .
Proof. Let \( \mathbf{z} = \alpha \mathbf{a} + \beta \mathbf{x} + \gamma \mathbf{y} \) be given, where \( \alpha ,\beta ,\gamma \geq 0 \) and \( \alpha + \beta + \gamma = 1 \) . If \( \alpha = 1 \), then \( z = a \in U \) . In other case, we put\n\n\[ \mathbf{u} = \frac{\beta }{1 - \alpha }\mathbf{x} + \frac{\gamma }{1...
Yes
Theorem 2.5.4. If the open set \( U \) is starlike with respect to the point \( \mathbf{a} \in U \), then the conditions of Theorem 2.5.3 are equivalent to the following:\n\n(4) If \( \mathbf{\gamma } \) is the boundary of a triangle contained in \( U \), then\n\n\[{\int }_{\gamma }\omega = 0\]
Proof. Since condition (2) clearly implies (4), it is enough to prove that (4) implies (1). We do this by arguing that the function \( f \) defined by\n\n\[f\left( \mathbf{x}\right) \mathrel{\text{:=}} {\int }_{\left\lbrack \mathbf{a},\mathbf{x}\right\rbrack }\mathbf{F}\]\nis, in fact, a potential for the vector field ...
Yes
Example 2.5.3. Let\n\n\\[ \n\\omega = - \\frac{y}{{x}^{2} + {y}^{2}} \\cdot \\mathrm{d}x + \\frac{x}{{x}^{2} + {y}^{2}} \\cdot \\mathrm{d}y \n\\]\n\nwhich is a continuous 1 -form in \\( U \\mathrel{\\text{:=}} {\\mathbb{R}}^{2} \\smallsetminus \\{ \\left( {0,0}\\right) \\} \\) . Then \\( \\omega \\) is not exact, since
\\[\n\\mathbf{\\gamma } : \\left\\lbrack {0,{2\\pi }}\\right\\rbrack \\rightarrow {\\mathbb{R}}^{2},\\mathbf{\\gamma }\\left( t\\right) \\mathrel{\\text{:=}} \\left( {\\cos \\left( t\\right) ,\\sin \\left( t\\right) }\\right) ,\n\\]\n\ndefines a closed path contained in \\( U \\) for which \\( {\\int }_{\\gamma }\\omeg...
Yes
Example 2.5.4. The gravitational field is conservative.
Let us consider a particle of mass \( M \) located at the origin. The force of attraction exerted on a particle of unit mass located at point \( \left( {x, y, z}\right) \in {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \smallsetminus \{ \left( {0,0,0}\right) \} \) is\n\n\[ \mathbf{F}\left( {x, y, z}\right) = - \frac{GM}{{\left( {x}^{2} + {y}^{2} +...
Yes
Theorem 2.5.5. Let \( F : U \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) be a conservative vector field of class \( {C}^{1} \) on an open set \( U \) and write \( \mathbf{F} \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left( {{f}_{1},{f}_{2},\ldots ,{f}_{n}}\right) \) . Then\n\n\[ \frac{\partial {f}_{j}}{\partial {x}_{k}}\left( \m...
Proof. By hypothesis, there is a function \( g : U \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) such that \( \nabla g = \mathbf{F} \) . Therefore \( {f}_{j} = \frac{\partial g}{\partial {x}_{j}} \), and we can write\n\n\[ \frac{\partial {f}_{j}}{\partial {x}_{k}}\left( \mathbf{x}\right) = \frac{{\partial }^{2}g}{...
Yes
Proposition 2.5.1. Suppose \( f : \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \times \left\lbrack {c, d}\right\rbrack \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) is a function of class \( {C}^{1} \) and \( g \) :\n\n\( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) is defined by\n\[ g\left( x\right) = {\int }_{c}^{d}f\left( {x, t}\righ...
The proof of this statement follows the proof of \( \left( 3\right) \Rightarrow \left( 1\right) \) in Theorem 2.5.3, but the interested reader can find stronger results concerning the derivative of an integral, for example in [15, Theorem 9.42, p. 236].
No
Theorem 2.5.6 (Poincaré’s lemma). Let \( F : U \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) be a vector field of class \( {C}^{1},\mathbf{F} \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left( {{f}_{1},{f}_{2},\ldots ,{f}_{n}}\right) \), on an open set \( U \) that is starlike with respect to the point \( \mathbf{a} \). If\n\n\[ \f...
Proof. We define \( g : U \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) by\n\n\[ g\left( \mathbf{x}\right) \mathrel{\text{:=}} {\int }_{0}^{1}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{n}{f}_{j}\left( {\mathbf{a} + t\left( {\mathbf{x} - \mathbf{a}}\right) }\right) \cdot \left( {{x}_{j} - {a}_{j}}\right) \mathrm{d}t. \]\n\nI...
Yes
Lemma 2.6.1. Let \( K \) be a compact set that is a region of type \( I \) and let \( P \) be a continuous function on \( K \) admitting continuous partial derivative \( \frac{\partial P}{\partial v} \) on a neighborhood of \( K \) . Then\n\n\[ \n{\int }_{\gamma }P\mathrm{\;d}x = - {\iint }_{K}\frac{\partial P}{\partia...
Proof. Since \( {\mathbf{\gamma }}_{2}^{\prime }\left( t\right) = {\mathbf{\gamma }}_{4}^{\prime }\left( t\right) = \left( {0,1}\right) ,{\mathbf{\gamma }}_{1}^{\prime }\left( t\right) = \left( {1,{f}_{1}^{\prime }\left( t\right) }\right) \), and \( {\mathbf{\gamma }}_{3}^{\prime }\left( t\right) = \left( {1,{f}_{2}^{\...
Yes
Theorem 2.6.3. Let \( K \) be a region of type I or a region of type II and let \( \omega = \) \( P\mathrm{\;d}x + Q\mathrm{\;d}y \) be a 1 -form of class \( {C}^{1} \) on some open rectangle containing \( K \) . Then \[ {\int }_{y}P\mathrm{\;d}x + Q\mathrm{\;d}y = {\iint }_{K}\left( {\frac{\partial Q}{\partial x} - \f...
Proof. We choose \( a, b, c \), and \( d \) such that \( K \) is contained in the rectangle \( R = \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \times \) \( \left\lbrack {c, d}\right\rbrack \) and we assume that the 1 -form \( \mathbf{\omega } \) is defined and is of class \( {C}^{1} \) on the open rectangle \( T \) containing \( ...
Yes
Theorem 2.6.4. Let \( K \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{2} \) be a simple region and let \( \omega = P\mathrm{\;d}x + Q\mathrm{\;d}y \) be a 1 -form of class \( {C}^{1} \) on an open neighborhood of \( K \) . Then\n\n\[ \n{\int }_{\partial K}\omega = {\iint }_{K}\left( {\frac{\partial Q}{\partial x} - \frac{\partial P}{\partial ...
Proof. Since \( K \) is a region of type I, we have\n\n\[ \n{\int }_{\partial K}P\mathrm{\;d}x = - {\iint }_{K}\frac{\partial P}{\partial y}\mathrm{\;d}\left( {x, y}\right) \n\]\n\nand since it is also a region of type II, we obtain\n\n\[ \n{\int }_{\partial K}Q\mathrm{\;d}y = {\iint }_{K}\frac{\partial Q}{\partial x}\...
Yes
Theorem 2.6.5 (Poincaré’s lemma). Let \( \mathbf{F} = \left( {P, Q}\right) \) be a vector field of class \( {C}^{1} \) on the open and starlike set \( U \in {\mathbb{R}}^{2} \) and suppose that\n\n\[ \frac{\partial Q}{\partial x}\left( {x, y}\right) = \frac{\partial P}{\partial y}\left( {x, y}\right) \]\n\nfor every \(...
Proof. Let \( \mathbf{\omega } = P\mathrm{\;d}x + Q\mathrm{\;d}y \) be the 1 -form associated with the vector field \( \mathbf{F} \) . It is enough to prove that\n\n\[ {\int }_{\gamma }\omega = 0 \]\n\nwhenever \( \mathbf{\gamma } \) is the boundary of some triangle \( K \) contained in \( U \) . Since \( K \) is a sim...
Yes
Lemma 2.7.1. Let \( \varphi : \left\lbrack {c, d}\right\rbrack \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) and \( \gamma : \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) be two injective paths of class \( {C}^{1} \) such that\n\n\[ \mathbf{\gamma }\left( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \right) \subset \mathbf{\v...
Proof. Since \( \varphi \) is \( {C}^{1} \), the intermediate value theorem implies that \( {\varphi }_{k}^{\prime }\left( s\right) > 0 \) for all \( s \in \left\lbrack {c, d}\right\rbrack \) or \( {\varphi }_{k}^{\prime }\left( s\right) < 0 \) for all \( s \in \left\lbrack {c, d}\right\rbrack \) . Without loss of gene...
Yes
Lemma 2.7.2. Let \( \varphi : \left\lbrack {c, d}\right\rbrack \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) be a simple path. Then\n\n\[ \mathbf{\varphi } : \left( {c, d}\right) \rightarrow \mathbf{\varphi }\left( \left( {c, d}\right) \right) \]\n\nis a homeomorphism.
Proof. Let \( \left\{ {t}_{n}\right\} \) be a sequence in \( \left( {c, d}\right) \) such that\n\n\[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\mathbf{\varphi }\left( {t}_{n}\right) = \mathbf{\varphi }\left( {t}_{0}\right) \]\n\nfor some \( {t}_{0} \in \left( {c, d}\right) \) . In order to conclude that \( \left\{...
Yes
The regular \( n \) -surfaces of class \( {C}^{p} \) in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) are the open subsets of \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) .
In fact, let us assume that \( M \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) is a regular \( n \) -surface of class \( {C}^{1} \) . According to Definition 3.1.1, for each point \( {\mathbf{x}}_{0} \in M \) there exist an open set \( A \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) and a mapping\n\n\[ \mathbf{\varphi } : A \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \righ...
Yes
Example 3.1.2. Let \( M \) be a regular \( k \) -surface of class \( {C}^{p} \) in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) and let \( U \) be an open set in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) such that \( M \cap U \neq \varnothing \) . Then \( M \cap U \) is a regular \( k \) -surface of class \( {C}^{p} \) in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) .
Let \( {\mathbf{x}}_{0} \in M \cap U \) and let \( \left( {A,\mathbf{\varphi }}\right) \) be a coordinate system of \( M \) such that \( {\mathbf{x}}_{0} \in \mathbf{\varphi }\left( A\right) \) . We define \( B \mathrel{\text{:=}} {\varphi }^{-1}\left( {M \cap U}\right) \), which is an open subset of \( A \) . If \( \p...
Yes
The Bernoulli lemniscate is not a regular curve (Fig. 3.2).
The equation of the lemniscate in polar coordinates is\n\n\[ \n{\rho }^{2} = 2\cos \left( {2\theta }\right) \n\]\n\nand it is given by\n\n\[ \nM \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left\{ {\left( {x, y}\right) \in {\mathbb{R}}^{2} : {\left( {x}^{2} + {y}^{2}\right) }^{2} = 2\left( {{x}^{2} - {y}^{2}}\right) }\right\} .\n\]\n\nIf \( U...
Yes
Let \( \mathbf{g} : A \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{k} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{n - k} \) be a mapping of class \( {C}^{p} \) on the open set \( A \) . Then the graph of \( \mathbf{g} \) ,\n\n\[ \n{G}_{g} \mathrel{\text{:=}} \{ \left( {\mathbf{t},\mathbf{g}\left( \mathbf{t}\right) }\right) : \mathbf{t} \in A\} \subset {\mathb...
In fact, we consider the mapping\n\n\[ \n\mathbf{\varphi } : A \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{k} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\n\]\n\ngiven by\n\n\[ \n\mathbf{\varphi }\left( t\right) \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left( {t,\mathbf{g}\left( t\right) }\right)\n\]\n\n(1) Then \( \varphi \) is injective, and if \( B \subset A \) is an open s...
Yes
Example 3.1.5. The unit sphere (Fig. 3.4) in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \) ,\n\n\[ S \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left\{ {\left( {x, y, z}\right) \in {\mathbb{R}}^{3} : {x}^{2} + {y}^{2} + {z}^{2} = 1}\right\} ,\]\n\nis a regular surface of class \( {C}^{\infty } \) .
Consider \( A \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left\{ {\left( {s, t}\right) \in {\mathbb{R}}^{2} : {s}^{2} + {t}^{2} < 1}\right\} \) and let \( g : A \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) be the mapping of class \( {C}^{\infty } \) given by\n\n\[ g\left( {s, t}\right) = \sqrt{1 - \left( {{s}^{2} + {t}^{2}}\right) }\]\n\nBy Example 3.1.4, \( \...
Yes
Proposition 3.2.1. Let \( 1 \leq k < n \) and \( M \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n}, M \neq \varnothing \), be given. Assume that for each \( {\mathbf{x}}_{0} \in M \) there exists a function of class \( {C}^{p} \) on the open set \( U \) ,\n\n\[ \mathbf{\Phi } : U \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{n - k} \]\n...
Proof. Let \( {\mathbf{x}}_{0} = \left( {{x}_{1}^{0},\ldots ,{x}_{n}^{0}}\right) \in M \) and \( \mathbf{\Phi } = \left( {{\Phi }_{1},\ldots ,{\Phi }_{n - k}}\right) \) be as in the hypothesis. After a permutation of the coordinates if necessary, we can assume that\n\n\[ \frac{\partial \left( {{\mathbf{\Phi }}_{1},\ldo...
Yes
Let \( f : U \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{2} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) be a function of class \( {C}^{p} \) on the open set \( U \) and let \( c \) be a real number such that\n\n\[ \Gamma \mathrel{\text{:=}} \{ \left( {x, y}\right) \in U : f\left( {x, y}\right) = c\} \]\n\nis nonempty and \( \nabla f\left( {x, y}\right) \neq ...
To see this, it is enough to apply Proposition 3.2.1 with \( \Phi : U \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) ,\n\n\[ \Phi \left( {x, y}\right) = f\left( {x, y}\right) - c. \]\n\nThe level curve is the projection onto the \( {xy} \) -plane of the intersection of the graph of \( f \) with the horizontal plane \( z = c \) .
Yes
The level surface\n\n\[ S \mathrel{\text{:=}} \{ \left( {x, y, z}\right) \in U : f\left( {x, y, z}\right) = c\} \]\n\nof the function \( f : U \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) of class \( {C}^{p} \) on the open set \( U \) is a regular surface of class \( {C}^{p} \) provided that \( \nabla f\left( {x,...
Again, it suffices to apply Proposition 3.2.1 to \( \Phi \left( {x, y, z}\right) = f\left( {x, y, z}\right) - c \) .
No
For every \( a > 0 \), the cone\n\n\[ \n{x}^{2} + {y}^{2} = a{z}^{2} \n\]\n\nwith the vertex \( \left( {0,0,0}\right) \) removed is a regular surface of class \( {C}^{\infty } \).
Let \( U \mathrel{\text{:=}} {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \smallsetminus \{ \left( {0,0,0}\right) \} \) and consider the function\n\n\[ \n\Phi : U \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \n\]\n\nof class \( {C}^{\infty } \), defined by\n\n\[ \n\Phi \left( {x, y, z}\right) \mathrel{\text{:=}} {x}^{2} + {y}^{2} - a{z}^{2}. \n\]\n\nThen the cone with...
Yes
The sphere \[ {S}^{n - 1} \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left\{ {\left( {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right) \in {\mathbb{R}}^{n} : {x}_{1}^{2} + \cdots + {x}_{n}^{2} = 1}\right\} \] is a regular \( \left( {n - 1}\right) \) -surface of class \( {C}^{\infty } \) in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}, n \geq 2 \).
Indeed, define \( \Phi : {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) by \[ \Phi \left( \mathbf{x}\right) \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left( {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{k = 1}}^{n}{x}_{k}^{2}}\right) - 1 \] Then \( {S}^{n - 1} = {\Phi }^{-1}\left( 0\right) \) and \( {\Phi }^{\prime }\left( \mathbf{x}\right) = \left( {2{x}_{1},\ldot...
Yes
Lemma 3.3.1. Let \( M \) be a regular \( k \) -surface of class \( {C}^{p} \) in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n},\left( {A,\varphi }\right) \) a coordinate system of \( M \), and \( \mathbf{\alpha } : V \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{m} \rightarrow M \) a mapping defined on the open set \( V \) . If \( \mathbf{\alpha }\left( {\mathbf{u}}_{...
Proof. We provide the proof only for the case that \( \mathbf{\alpha } \) is of class \( {C}^{q} \) on \( V \) . We take \( {t}_{0} \in A \) such that\n\n\[ \n\mathbf{\alpha }\left( {\mathbf{u}}_{0}\right) = \mathbf{\varphi }\left( {\mathbf{t}}_{0}\right) \n\]\n\nWe now set\n\n\[ \n\mathbf{\varphi } = \left( {{\varphi ...
Yes
Theorem 3.3.1. Let \( \left( {{A}_{1},{\varphi }_{1}}\right) ,\left( {{A}_{2},{\varphi }_{2}}\right) \) be two coordinate systems of a regular \( k \) - surface \( M \) in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) of class \( {C}^{p} \) such that\n\n\[ D \mathrel{\text{:=}} {\varphi }_{1}\left( {A}_{1}\right) \cap {\varphi }_{2}\left( {A...
Proof. It follows from Lemma 3.3.1, with \( \varphi = {\varphi }_{2} \) and \( \alpha = {\varphi }_{1} \), that \( {\varphi }_{2}^{-1} \circ {\varphi }_{1} \) is a function of class \( {C}^{p} \) on its domain of definition, which is precisely \( {\varphi }_{1}^{-1}\left( D\right) \) .
Yes
Corollary 3.3.1. Let \( M \) be a regular \( k \) -surface of class \( {C}^{p} \) in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}, A \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{k} \) an open set, and \[ \mathbf{\varphi } : A \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{k} \rightarrow M \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \] an injective mapping of class \( {C}^{p} \) such that \( {\mathbf{\varphi }...
Proof. We fix \( {t}_{0} \in A \) and put \( {\mathbf{x}}_{0} \mathrel{\text{:=}} \mathbf{\varphi }\left( {t}_{0}\right) \) . We may choose a coordinate system \( \left( {B,\mathbf{\psi }}\right) \) of \( M \) such that \( {\mathbf{x}}_{0} \in \mathbf{\psi }\left( B\right) \) . By Theorem 3.3.1, the mapping \[ \mathbf{...
Yes
Let us consider the mapping\n\n\[ \varphi : \left( {-1,\frac{\pi }{2}}\right) \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{2} \]\n\ndefined by\n\n\[ \mathbf{\varphi }\left( t\right) = \left( {t,0}\right) \]\n\nfor \( - 1 < t \leq 0 \) and\n\n\[ \mathbf{\varphi }\left( t\right) = \left( {t\cos t, t\frac{\sin \left( {2t}\right) }{2}}\right...
To see this, suppose there exists a coordinate system \( \left( {A,\mathbf{\gamma }}\right) \) with \( \left( {0,0}\right) \in \mathbf{\gamma }\left( A\right) \) . Let \( U \) be an open ball centered at \( \left( {0,0}\right) \) such that \( U \cap M \subset \mathbf{\gamma }\left( A\right) \) . Since \( \mathbf{\gamma...
Yes
Example 3.3.2 (Spherical coordinates). Let \( S \) be the sphere with radius \( R \) centered at the origin in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \) (Fig. 3.12), \[ A \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left\{ {\left( {s, t}\right) \in {\mathbb{R}}^{2} : 0 < s < \pi ,0 < t < {2\pi }}\right\} , \] and let us consider \[ \mathbf{\varphi }\left( {s, t...
We show that \( {\varphi }^{\prime }\left( {s, t}\right) \) has rank 2 for every \( \left( {s, t}\right) \in A \) . To this end, we determine that \[ \frac{\partial \left( {x, y}\right) }{\partial \left( {s, t}\right) } = {R}^{2}\cos s\sin s \] \[ \frac{\partial \left( {y, z}\right) }{\partial \left( {s, t}\right) } = ...
Yes
Example 3.4.1 (Tangent plane to the cone \( {x}^{2} + {y}^{2} = 2{z}^{2} \) at the point \( \left( {1,1,1}\right) \) ).
We already proved in Example 3.2.3 that\n\n\[ S \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left\{ {\left( {x, y, z}\right) \neq \left( {0,0,0}\right) : {x}^{2} + {y}^{2} = 2{z}^{2}}\right\} \]\n\nis a regular surface of class \( {C}^{\infty } \). We now choose a coordinate system for this cone. We take\n\n\[ \mathbf{\varphi } : A \subset {\...
Yes
Proposition 3.4.1. Let \( 1 \leq k < n \) be given and let \( M = {\Phi }^{-1}\left( \mathbf{0}\right) \) be the regular \( k \) - surface where\n\n\[ \mathbf{\Phi } : U \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{n - k},\mathbf{\Phi } = \left( {{\Phi }_{1},{\Phi }_{2},\ldots ,{\Phi }_{n - k}}\right) ,\]\n\nis a...
Proof. It follows from Proposition 3.2.1 that \( M \) is a regular \( k \) -surface of class \( {C}^{1} \) in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) . If \( \mathbf{\alpha } : \left( {-\delta ,\delta }\right) \rightarrow M \) is differentiable at \( t = 0 \) and \( \mathbf{\alpha }\left( 0\right) = {\mathbf{x}}_{0} \), then\n\n\[ {\Ph...
Yes
Example 3.4.2 (Tangent hyperplane to a graph). Let \( g : A \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n - 1} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) be a function of class \( {C}^{1} \) on an open set \( A \) and\n\n\[ \mathbf{\varphi } : A \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{n};\mathbf{\varphi }\left( \mathbf{t}\right) = \left( {\mathbf{t}, g\left( \mathbf{t}\r...
Finally, the equation of the tangent hyperplane to the graph of \( g \) at the point \( {\mathbf{x}}_{0} \) is\n\n\[ \left( {{x}_{1} - {x}_{1}^{0}}\right) \frac{\partial g}{\partial {t}_{1}}\left( {t}_{0}\right) + \cdots + \left( {{x}_{n - 1} - {x}_{n - 1}^{0}}\right) \frac{\partial g}{\partial {t}_{n - 1}}\left( {t}_{...
Yes
Example 3.4.3 (Normal vector to a level surface). Let \( f : U \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) be a function of class \( {C}^{1} \) on an open set \( U \) such that for all \( \left( {x, y, z}\right) \in S \) ,\n\n\[ \nabla f\left( {x, y, z}\right) \neq \left( {0,0,0}\right) \]\n\nwhere \( S \) repre...
From Example 3.2.2, \( S \) is a regular surface of class \( {C}^{1} \) . Moreover, the vector\n\n\[ \nabla f\left( {{x}_{0},{y}_{0},{y}_{0}}\right) \]\n\nis normal to the surface at the point \( \left( {{x}_{0},{y}_{0},{z}_{0}}\right) \) . In fact, it suffices to apply Proposition 3.4.1 with \( \Phi \mathrel{\text{:=}...
No
Theorem 3.4.2. Let \( M \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) be a nonempty set and \( 1 \leq k < n \) . The following conditions are equivalent:\n\n1. \( M \) is a \( k \) -dimensional regular surface in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) of class \( {C}^{p} \) .\n\n2. For every \( {\mathbf{x}}_{0} \in M \) there exist an open neighborhood...
Proof. Some of the necessary implications have already been proved. For example, (1) implies (2) is proven in Proposition 3.1.1, while (2) implies (1) holds by Example 3.1.4. (3) implies (2) is contained in the proof of Proposition 3.2.1. We need only show that (2) implies (3). To do this, we represent the points \( \m...
Yes
Theorem 4.1.1. Let \( P \) be the parallelepiped spanned by the linearly independent vectors \( \left\{ {{\mathbf{a}}_{1},\ldots ,{\mathbf{a}}_{k}}\right\} \) . Then\n\n\[ k\text{-area}\left( P\right) = \sqrt{\det \left( \left\langle {{\mathbf{a}}_{i},{\mathbf{a}}_{j}}\right\rangle \right) } = \sqrt{\det \left( {{B}^{\...
Proof. Let \( V \) be the \( k \) -dimensional vector subspace spanned by \( \left\{ {{\mathbf{a}}_{1},\ldots ,{\mathbf{a}}_{k}}\right\} \) and let \( \Psi : V \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{k} \) be a linear isomorphism preserving the inner product. Consider the linear mapping\n\n\[ \mathbf{L} : {\mathbb{R}}^{k} \rightarro...
Yes
Lemma 4.2.1. Let \( K \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \times \left\lbrack {c, d}\right\rbrack \) ,\n\n\[ a = {s}_{0} < {s}_{1} < \cdots < {t}_{m} = b \]\n\na partition of \( \left\lbrack {a, b}\right\rbrack \) into subintervals of length \( h \), and\n\n\[ c = {t}_{0} < {t}_{1} < \cdots < {t}_{l} =...
Proof. Define \( {I}_{i, j} \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left\lbrack {{s}_{i},{s}_{i + 1}}\right\rbrack \times \left\lbrack {{t}_{j},{t}_{j + 1}}\right\rbrack \) . Then\n\n\[ {\iint }_{K}F\left( {s, t}\right) \mathrm{d}\left( {s, t}\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 0}}^{{m - 1}}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 0}}^{{l - 1}}{\ii...
Yes
Example 4.2.1. Let \( \varphi : {\mathbb{R}}^{k} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) be a linear mapping preserving the dot product. Then \( V = \mathbf{\varphi }\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{k}\right) \) is a \( k \) -dimensional vector subspace of \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) and \( \left( {{\mathbb{R}}^{k},\mathbf{\varphi }}\right) \)...
\n\[\n\operatorname{area}\left( {K,\mathbf{\varphi }}\right) = {\int }_{{\mathbb{R}}^{k}}{\chi }_{K}\left( \mathbf{t}\right) \mathrm{d}\mathbf{t}\n\]\n\nIn fact, since \( \varphi \) is a linear mapping, we have that \( {\varphi }^{\prime }\left( t\right) \) is the matrix of \( \varphi \) with respect to the canonical b...
Yes
Lemma 4.2.2. Let \( M \) be a regular \( k \) -surface in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) with a finite atlas \[ {\left\{ \left( {A}_{j},{\mathbf{\varphi }}_{j}\right) \right\} }_{j = 1}^{m}\text{.} \] Then there is a partition of \( M \) into subsets \( \left\{ {B}_{j}\right\} \) with the property that \( {B}_{j} = \) \( {\mat...
Proof. According to Definition 3.1.1, for every \( j = 1,\ldots, m \) there is an open set \( {U}_{j} \) in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) such that \( {\varphi }_{j}\left( {A}_{j}\right) = {U}_{j} \cap M \) . Define \( {B}_{1} \mathrel{\text{:=}} {\varphi }_{1}\left( {A}_{1}\right) \), and for each \( j = 2,\ldots m \) , \[ {...
Yes
Example 4.2.3. Let \( g : A \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{2} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) be a mapping of class \( {C}^{1} \) on the open set \( A \) . Then \( S \mathrel{\text{:=}} {G}_{g} \) is a regular surface in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \) . We plan to express the area of \( S \) in terms of the function \( g \) .
We already know that\n\n\[ \mathbf{\varphi } : A \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{2} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{3},\;\left( {s, t}\right) \mapsto \left( {s, t, g\left( {s, t}\right) }\right) ,\]\n\nis a parameterization of \( S \) and that\n\n\[ \frac{\partial \varphi }{\partial s}\left( {s, t}\right) \times \frac{\partial \varphi...
Yes
The bases \( \left\{ {{\mathbf{v}}_{1},{\mathbf{v}}_{2},{\mathbf{v}}_{3}}\right\} \) and \( \left\{ {{\mathbf{v}}_{3},{\mathbf{v}}_{1},{\mathbf{v}}_{2}}\right\} \) of \( {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \) define the same orientation. However, \( \left\{ {{\mathbf{v}}_{1},{\mathbf{v}}_{2},{\mathbf{v}}_{3}}\right\} \) and \( \left\{ {{...
In the first case, the change-of-basis matrix is\n\n\[ \left( \begin{array}{lll} 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 & 0 \end{array}\right) \]\n\nwhich has determinant equal to 1 . In the second case, the change-of-basis matrix is\n\n\[ \left( \begin{array}{lll} 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right) \]\n\n...
Yes
Proposition 5.1.1. Let\n\n\[ \mathbf{\varphi } : \left\lbrack {0,1}\right\rbrack \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \times {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \times \cdots \times {\mathbb{R}}^{n},\;\mathbf{\varphi } = \left( {{\mathbf{\varphi }}_{1},\ldots ,{\mathbf{\varphi }}_{n}}\right) \]\n\nbe a continuous mapping such that \( {\left\{ {\...
Proof. Let \( f\left( t\right) \) denote the determinant of the matrix with vector columns \( \left\lbrack {{\mathbf{\varphi }}_{1}\left( t\right) }\right. \) , \( \left. {{\mathbf{\varphi }}_{2}\left( t\right) ,\ldots ,{\mathbf{\varphi }}_{n}\left( t\right) }\right\rbrack \) . Then \( f \) is a continuous function on ...
Yes
Proposition 5.1.2. Let \( \left\{ {{v}_{1},{v}_{2}}\right\} \) be two linearly independent vectors in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \) . Then the ordered basis \( \left\{ {{\mathbf{v}}_{1} \times {\mathbf{v}}_{2},{\mathbf{v}}_{1},{\mathbf{v}}_{2}}\right\} \) of \( {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \) is positively oriented.
Proof. With respect to the canonical basis, the matrix of the linear transformation \( f : {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \) defined by \( f\left( {\mathbf{e}}_{1}\right) = {\mathbf{v}}_{1} \times {\mathbf{v}}_{2}, f\left( {\mathbf{e}}_{2}\right) = {\mathbf{v}}_{1} \), and \( f\left( {\mathbf{e}}_{3}\rig...
Yes
Proposition 5.1.3. Let \( V \) be a two-dimensional vector subspace of \( {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \) and let \( {\mathcal{B}}_{1} \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left\{ {{\mathbf{v}}_{1},{\mathbf{v}}_{2}}\right\} \) and \( {\mathcal{B}}_{2} \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left\{ {{\mathbf{w}}_{1},{\mathbf{w}}_{2}}\right\} \) be two ordered bases o...
Proof. Both \( {\mathbf{v}}_{1} \times {\mathbf{v}}_{2} \) and \( {\mathbf{w}}_{1} \times {\mathbf{w}}_{2} \) are orthogonal vectors to \( V \), and so (since \( V \) has a one-dimensional orthogonal complement) there exists \( \lambda \neq 0 \) such that \( {\mathbf{v}}_{1} \times {\mathbf{v}}_{2} = \) \( \lambda \lef...
Yes
Lemma 5.2.1. Let \( V \) and \( W \) be \( n \) -dimensional real vector spaces, \[ L : V \rightarrow W \] a linear isomorphism, and \( {\left\{ {\mathbf{u}}_{j}\right\} }_{j = 1}^{n},{\left\{ {\mathbf{v}}_{j}\right\} }_{j = 1}^{n} \) two bases of \( V \) . Then \[ {\left\{ {\mathbf{u}}_{j}\right\} }_{j = 1}^{n} \sim {...
Proof. Denote by \( f : V \rightarrow V \) and \( g : W \rightarrow W \) the linear isomorphisms defined by \( \mathbf{f}\left( {\mathbf{u}}_{i}\right) = {\mathbf{v}}_{i},\mathbf{g}\left( {\mathbf{L}{\mathbf{u}}_{i}}\right) = \mathbf{L}{\mathbf{v}}_{i} \) . Then \( \left( {{\mathbf{L}}^{-1} \circ \mathbf{g} \circ \math...
Yes
Lemma 5.2.2. Let \( \left( {A,\varphi }\right) \) be a coordinate system of a regular \( k \) -surface \( M \) in \( {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \) and define \( \mathbf{L} : {\mathbb{R}}^{k} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{k} \) by \( \mathbf{L}\left( \mathbf{t}\right) = \left( {{t}_{1},\ldots ,{t}_{k - 2},{t}_{k},{t}_{k - 1}}\right) ...
Proof. It is clear that \( \left( {B,\psi }\right) \) is a coordinate system of \( M \) . Set \( S \mathrel{\text{:=}} \varphi \left( A\right) = \psi \left( B\right) \) . For every\n\n\[ \mathbf{x} = \mathbf{\varphi }\left( \mathbf{t}\right) \in S \]\n\nthe orientation of \( {T}_{x}M \) given by the coordinate system \...
Yes
Lemma 5.2.4. Let \( f, g : A \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{p} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \smallsetminus \{ 0\} \) be continuous on the open set \( A \) and let \( h : A \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{p} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) be such that \( f\left( \mathbf{x}\right) = h\left( \mathbf{x}\right) \mathbf{g}\left( \mathbf{x}\right) \...
Proof. For any \( {\mathbf{x}}_{0} \in A \) there exists \( j \in \{ 1,\ldots, n\} \) such that \( {g}_{j}\left( {\mathbf{x}}_{0}\right) \neq 0 \), and by continuity, there then exists \( r > 0 \) with \( {g}_{j}\left( \mathbf{x}\right) \neq 0 \) for all \( \mathbf{x} \in B\left( {{\mathbf{x}}_{0}, r}\right) \) . It fo...
Yes
The sphere \( M \mathrel{\text{:=}} \left\{ {\left( {x, y, z}\right) \in {\mathbb{R}}^{3} : {x}^{2} + {y}^{2} + {z}^{2} = {R}^{2}}\right\} \) is orientable.
Proof. It suffices to consider the continuous vector field \( \mathbf{F} : M \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{3} \) defined by \( \mathbf{F}\left( {x, y, z}\right) \mathrel{\text{:=}} \frac{1}{R}\left( {x, y, z}\right) \) . It is obvious that \( \mathbf{F}\left( {x, y, z}\right) \) is normal to the sphere at the point \( \lef...
Yes
Proposition 6.1.1. (1) If \( f, g \in {\Lambda }^{k}\left( {\mathbb{R}}^{n}\right) \) and \( f\left( {e}_{\mathbf{I}}\right) = g\left( {e}_{\mathbf{I}}\right) \) for any strictly increasing \( k \) -tuple \( \mathbf{I} \), then \( f = g \) .
Proof. (1) After applying property (c) of Definition 6.1.1 as many times as necessary, we deduce that \( f\left( {{\mathbf{e}}_{{i}_{1}},\ldots ,{\mathbf{e}}_{{i}_{k}}}\right) = g\left( {{\mathbf{e}}_{{i}_{1}},\ldots ,{\mathbf{e}}_{{i}_{k}}}\right) \) for all \( {i}_{1},\ldots ,{i}_{k} \) . It then follows from propert...
Yes