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area bounded by arc and two lines
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(Derivation)
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Let $r = r(\varphi)$ be the equation of a continuous curve in polar coordinates and $A$ be the area of the planar region bounded by the curve and the line segments
from the origin to two points of the curve corresponding the polar angles $\alpha$ and $\beta$ ($> \alpha$ ). Then the area can be calculated from
![$\displaystyle A \;=\; \frac{1}{2}\int_\alpha^\beta\![r(\varphi)]^2\,d\varphi.$](http://images.planetmath.org:8080/cache/objects/11976/js/img1.png "$\displaystyle A \;=\; \frac{1}{2}\int_\alpha^\beta\![r(\varphi)]^2\,d\varphi.$") |
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Proof. We fit between $\alpha$ and $\beta$ a set of values
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and denote $\alpha = \varphi_0$ , $\beta = \varphi_n$ and think the line segments from the origin to each point of the curve corresponding the values $\varphi_i$ . Then the region is divided into $n$ parts. For every part we form inscribed and circumscribed circular sector with the common tip in the origin and the radii along the lines $\varphi = \varphi_i$ . The union of the inscribed sectors is contained in the region and the union of the circumscribed sectors contains the region. The unions have the areas $$\sum_{i=1}^n\frac{1}{2}r_i^2(\varphi_i\!-\!\varphi_{i-1}) \quad \mbox{and} \quad \sum_{i=1}^n\frac{1}{2}R_i^2(\varphi_i\!-\!\varphi_{i-1}),$$ where $r_i$ means the least and $R_i$ the greatest value of $r(\varphi)$ on the interval $[\varphi_{i-1},\,\varphi_i]$ . Hence the area $A$ is between these sums for any division of the interval $[\alpha,\,\beta]$ with the values of (2). But by the definition of the Riemann integral we know that there is only one real number having this property for any division and that also the definite integral $$\int_\alpha^\beta\frac{1}{2}[r(\varphi)]^2\,d\varphi \;=\; \frac{1}{2}\int_\alpha^\beta\![r(\varphi)]^2\,d\varphi$$ is between those sums. Q.E.D.
Example 1. Determine the area $A$ enclosed by the lemniscate of Bernoulli $r = \sqrt{\cos{2\varphi}}$ .
The portion of the lemniscate situated in the first quadrant is gotten when $\varphi$ gets the values from 0 to $\frac{\pi}{4}$ , whence we have $$\frac{A}{4} \;=\; \frac{1}{2}\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}}(a\sqrt{\cos{2\varphi}})^2\,d\varphi \;=\; \frac{a^2}{2}\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}}\cos{2\varphi}\;d\varphi \;=\; \frac{a^2}{2}\!\sijoitus{0}{\quad\frac{\pi}{4}}\!\frac{\sin{2\varphi}}{2} \;=\; \frac{a^2}{4}$$ and therefore the whole area in question is $a^2$ .
Example 2. Determine the area $A$ enclosed by the logarithmic spiral $r = Ce^{k\varphi}$ and two polar radii $r_1 := Ce^{k\varphi_1}$ and $r_2 := Ce^{k\varphi_2}$ ($k > 0$ , $\varphi_1 < \varphi_2$ ).
The formula (1) directly yields $$A \;=\; \frac{C^2}{2}\!\int_{\varphi_1}^{\varphi_2}e^{2k\varphi}\,d\varphi \;=\; \frac{C^2}{2}\!\sijoitus{\varphi=\varphi_1}{\quad{\varphi_2}}\!\frac{e^{2k\varphi}}{2k} \;=\; \frac{C^2}{4k}(e^{2k\varphi_2}-e^{2k\varphi_1}) \;=\;\frac{r_2^2-r_1^2}{4k}.$$
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- ERNST LINDELÖF: Johdatus korkeampaan analyysiin. Fourth edition. Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo ja Helsinki (1956).
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- N. PISKUNOV: Diferentsiaal- ja integraalarvutus kõrgematele tehnilistele õppeasutustele. Kirjastus Valgus, Tallinn (1966).
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Cross-references: logarithmic spiral, quadrant, lemniscate, lemniscate of Bernoulli, definite integral, property, real number, Riemann integral, division, sums, interval, contains, contained, union, lines, radii, sector, circular, circumscribed, inscribed, proof, polar angles, points, origin, line segments, region, planar, area, polar coordinates, curve, continuous, equation
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| AMS MSC: | 53A04 (Differential geometry :: Classical differential geometry :: Curves in Euclidean space) | | | 51-01 (Geometry :: Instructional exposition ) |
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