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[Agent Smith]

So just learnt, for

1. $\displaystyle V = \frac{4}{3} \pi r^3$, $\displaystyle \frac{dV}{dr} = 4\pi r^2$

2. $\displaystyle A = \pi r^2, \frac{dA}{dr} = 2\pi r$

What is the significance of these relationships?

 

[Dr.Peterson]

So just learnt, for

1. $\displaystyle V = \frac{4}{3} \pi r^3$, $\displaystyle \frac{dV}{dr} = 4\pi r^2$

2. $\displaystyle A = \pi r^2, \frac{dA}{dr} = 2\pi r$

What is the significance of these relationships?

1. Imagine increasing a sphere by a small amount, $dr$ (e.g. by painting it). The change in volume is the thickness of the paint times the surface area: $dV=Sdr=4\pi r^2dr$.

2. Imagine increasing a circle by a small amount, $dr$ (e.g. by drawing a thin layer around it). The change in area is the thickness of the layer times the circumference: $dA=Cdr=\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3dr$.

Not all shapes work this way, but these and a couple more do.

 

[blamocur]

Not all shapes work this way, but these and a couple more do.

Somewhat tangential, but this can be generalized to all smooth surfaces (and even piece-wise smooth) if one changes from $dr$ to $dn$, i.e. shifting the surface by an infinitesimal amount along its normals, i.e. $dV = Sdn$. This is easy to verify, for example, in the case of rectangular cuboids.

 

[mario99]

@Agent Smith, be a gentleman and tell us frankly, do you agree with this:

$\displaystyle dA = C dr = V dr$

 

[Agent Smith]

@Agent Smith, be a gentleman and tell us frankly, do you agree with this:

$\displaystyle dA = C dr = V dr$

I don't see a choice in the matter. It makes sense to me - these explanations above. To note is Chevalieri's principle; however I don't know how applicable it is to the issue. Do you have other explanations?

 

[mario99]

I don't see a choice in the matter. It makes sense to me - these explanations above. To note is Chevalieri's principle; however I don't know how applicable it is to the issue. Do you have other explanations?

If you see something wrong, you have to say something about it even if it came from Einstein. Do you think that it is logical to say the circumference of a circle is equal to the volume of a sphere?

 

[Agent Smith]

If you see something wrong, you have to say something about it even if it came from Einstein. Do you think that it is logical to say the circumference of a circle is equal to the volume of a sphere?

Ok, but aren't we, it looks like, we're talking about concentric circles/spheres, oui? Confetior, non liquet.

 

[Agent Smith]

1. Imagine increasing a sphere by a small amount, $dr$ (e.g. by painting it). The change in volume is the thickness of the paint times the surface area: $dV=Sdr=4\pi r^2dr$.

2. Imagine increasing a circle by a small amount, $dr$ (e.g. by drawing a thin layer around it). The change in area is the thickness of the layer times the circumference: $dA=Cdr=\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3dr$.

Not all shapes work this way, but these and a couple more do.

Concentric circles/spheres, mon ami?

Is it possible to improve upon your intuition? Much obliged.

 

[Dr.Peterson]

@Agent Smith, be a gentleman and tell us frankly, do you agree with this:

$\displaystyle dA = C dr = V dr$

Surely you didn't mean what you wrote. Is there a typo?

Concentric circles/spheres, mon ami?

That's what I mean by increasing the radius of a sphere, and also by painting it.

 

[Agent Smith]

Surely you didn't mean what you wrote. Is there a typo?

That's what I mean by increasing the radius of a sphere, and also by painting it.

Muchas gracias. A marvelous insight, never gets old!!!

 

[mario99]

Surely you didn't mean what you wrote. Is there a typo?

I wanted Agent Smith to spot the mistake. But it seems that he believes of anything the seniors say.

 

[mmm4444bot]

it seems that he believes of anything the seniors say

Be careful when judging replies in which an entire post has been quoted (as seen in post #10). It's a possibility that Agent Smith's statements in post #10 refer only to Dr. Peterson's second line. (It could very well be that Agent Smith has ignored the first line.)

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