Computing a divergent integral $\iiint r^5sin\theta cos\theta$

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Problem

Evaluate

$$I = \iiint_V z \sqrt{x^2+y^2+z^2}dxdydz$$

Where V is : $$\sqrt{x^2+y^2} \leq z\leq \sqrt{1-x^2-y^2}$$

Solution:

I must use spherical coordinates so: $$x=r\cos\psi \sin{\theta}$$ $$y=r \sin{\psi} \sin{\theta}$$ $$z = r \cos \theta$$ $$r \geq 0; 0 \leq \psi \leq 2 \pi; 0 \leq \theta \leq \pi$$

Jacobian matrix J= $r^2sin\theta$

The new V looks like this: $$\sqrt{r^2\cos^2 \psi \sin^{2} \theta + r^2 \sin^{2} \psi \sin^{2} \theta} \leq r\cos \theta \leq \sqrt{1-(r^2\cos^2 \psi \sin^2 \theta + r^{2}\sin^2\psi \sin^{2}\theta)}$$

From these we conclude that: $$\sin \theta \leq \cos \theta$$ $$r \leq \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}\sin \theta}; r \leq 1$$

And so the new V is: $$ 0 \leq r \leq \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}\sin \theta}$$ $$ 0 \leq \theta \leq \pi/4$$ $$0 \leq \psi \leq 2\pi$$

And so our integral is:

$$\int \limits_0^{2\pi }\int \limits_0^{\frac{\pi \:}{4}}\int \limits^{\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}\sin\left(\theta \right)}}_0r^4\cos\left(\theta \right)\sin \left(\theta \right)drd\theta \:d\psi $$

Question here somewhere I a may be making a mistake, because later on the integral is diverging

\begin{align} \int \limits_0^{2\pi }\int \limits_0^{\frac{\pi \:}{4}}\int \limits^{\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}\sin\left(\theta \right)}}_0r^4\cos\left(\theta \right)\sin \left(\theta \right)drd\theta \:d\psi &= \frac{1}{5} \int \int r^{5}\cos\theta \sin{\theta} \in[0, \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\sin\theta]\\ &=\frac{1}{20\sqrt{2}} \int \int \frac{d \sin\theta}{\sin^{4}\theta}\\ &= \frac{-3}{20\sqrt{2}} \int_{0}^{2\pi} \frac{1}{\sin^{2}\theta} |^{\pi/4}_{0} d\psi \end{align} and here in $\sin(0)$ the integral is diverging

Question: What can I do about this problem? Am I making a mistake? What Should I fix? What is the solution to this Integral?

Update

$$\sqrt{x^2+y^2} \leq z\leq \sqrt{1-x^2-y^2}$$

to spherical coordinates

$$\sqrt{r^2\cos^2 \psi \sin^{2} \theta + r^2 \sin^{2} \psi \sin^{2} \theta} \leq r\cos \theta \leq \sqrt{1-(r^2\cos^2 \psi \sin^2 \theta + r^{2}\sin^2\psi \sin^{2}\theta)}$$

$$r \sin{\theta} \leq r \cos{\theta} \leq \sqrt{1-r^{2} \sin^{2}{\theta}}$$

And From here: $$\sin{\theta} \leq \cos{\theta}$$ $$r \leq 1 $$ $$r^{2} \sin^{2}{\theta} \leq 1 - r^{2} \sin^{2}{\theta} <=> r^{2} \sin^{2}{\theta} +r^{2} \sin^{2}{\theta} \leq 1 <=> r^{2} \leq \frac{1}{2 sin^{2} \theta} <=> r \leq \frac{1}{\sqrt{2} sin{\theta}} $$

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There is not the slightest reason why the integral of a nice function over a compact domain should be divergent.

I'm using geographical longitude $\phi$ and geographical latitude $-{\pi\over 2}\leq\theta\leq{\pi\over2}$. The condition $z\geq\sqrt{x^2+y^2}$ then translates into $r\sin\theta\geq r\cos\theta$, or $\theta\geq{\pi\over4}$, and the condition $z\leq\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2}$ translates into $r\leq 1$. Since the Jacobian is $r^2\cos\theta$ we obtain $$I=2\pi\int_0^1\int_{\pi/4}^{\pi/2} r\sin\theta\ r\ r^2\cos\theta\>d\theta\>dr=2\pi\int_0^1r^4\>dr\int_{\pi/4}^{\pi/2}\sin\theta\cos\theta\>d\theta={\pi\over10}\ .$$