Calculus › Section P · Vector analysis › Topic P.6

Surface integrals

The line integral's big sibling: one type weighs a curved shell, the other counts a field's flow through a surface. The package r_u × r_v du dv is the whole trick — normal direction and tilted area in one bundle.

In this topic

  • Weighing a curved shell
  • Two types, one warning
  • Flux by parametrisation
  • The graph shortcut
  • Worked example: a cone's shell
  • Worked example: flux out of a sphere
  • The volume behind the flux
  • Common mistakes to avoid
  • Key takeaways

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Standards: Beyond AP

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