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Regions in cylindrical coordinates

As its name suggests, this coordinate system is good for regions shaped like cylinders or pieces of cylinders.

1.
Let W be the cylinder of radius 4 centered on the z-axis between z = -1 and z = 3.

Thus, W is described by $0 \le r \le 4, 0 \le \theta \le 2\pi, -1 \le z
\le 3$.

2.
Let W be the region between the cylinders of radius 2 and 3, bounded by the xy-plane, the plane z = 1, the plane x = 0 and the plane y = 0. Thus, W is described by $2 \le r \le 3, 0 \le \theta \le
\frac{\pi}{2}, 0 \le z \le 1$.





Vector Calculus
8/20/1998