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Use the Divergence Theorem to evaluate

$\iint_S x^2y^2+y^2z^2+z^2x^2 dS$

where $S$ is the surface of the sphere $x^2+y^2+z^2=1$.

So the divergence of F is $2y^2x+2z^2y+2x^2z$. Then I tried to integrate using spherical coordinates, but the integral seemed to be very exhausting. Is there a better way to do it?

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    That's a scalar; it doesn't have a divergence.2012-11-09

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The normal vector on the surface of the sphere is $(x,y,z)$. Thus you can view this as the integral of $(x,y,z)\cdot(xy^2,yz^2,zx^2)$. The divergence of $(xy^2,yz^2,zx^2)$ is $y^2+z^2+x^2=r^2$. The integral of $r^2$ over the unit sphere is

$ \int_0^1\mathrm drr^4\int_{-1}^1\mathrm d\cos\theta\int_0^{2\pi}\mathrm d\phi=\frac45\pi\;. $

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    @Keksainis: I also used spherical coordinates. There are different sets of conventions for spherical coordinates; perhaps you're using a different one? Regarding $r^4$, a factor $r^2$ comes from the function we want to integrate and a factor $r^2$ comes from the Jacobian of the spherical coordinates.2012-11-10