How do you set up the integral in spherical coordinates in the following
problem?
Find the volume bounded by the surface $z^2 = x^2 + y^2$ and $x^2+y^2 =
1$. The answer is $\pi/8$ using rectangular and cylindrical coordinates,
but it is $\pi/24$ when I switched to spherical coordinates, as follows,
$$\int_0^{\pi/2} \int_{\pi/4}^{\pi/2} \int_0^{\cot{\phi} \csc{\phi}}
\rho^2 \sin{\phi} \, d\rho \, d\phi \, d\theta.$$ In general, how do you
figure out the bounds for $\theta, \rho$ and $\phi$? I use the conversion
formulas but I'm not sure how to proceed in a general way.
Also, how to you finish a paragraph and enter onto the next line when you
edit this (I'm new to this site)? Thanks a lot!
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