Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 11 - Three-Dimensional Space; Vectors - 11.2 Vectors - Exercises Set 11.2 - Page 783: 43

Answer

a) $1=z^{2}+y^{2}+x^{2}$ b) $z^{2}+y^{2}+x^{2} \leq 1$ c) $z^{2}+y^{2}+x^{2}>1$

Work Step by Step

Let $\vec{r}=\langle x, y, z\rangle$ be an arbitrary vector in 3d-space. a) If $1=\|\vec{r}\|,$ then \[ \|\vec{r}\|=1 \Rightarrow \sqrt{y^{2}+x^{2}+x^{2}}=1 \Rightarrow z^{2}+y^{2}+x^{2}=1 \] This equation corresponds to a sphere with a radius of $1=r$, originally concentrated $ \ {O} (0,0,0) $. b) In the same way \[ \|\vec{r}\| \leqslant 1 \Rightarrow z^{2}+y^{2}+x^{2} \leq 1 \] Because $\|\vec{r}\| \geq 0$ for each vector $\vec{r}$, this inequality corresponds to the set of all points inside the sphere $1=z^{2}+y^{2}+x^{2}$ c) \[ \|\vec{r}\|>1 \Rightarrow z^{2}+y^{2}+x^{2} \geq 1 \] This inequality corresponds to the set of all points in 3d space outside of the sphere. $1=z^{2}+y^{2}+x^{2} .$ In other words, it corresponds to the set of all points that are at a distance $d>1$ from the original.
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