Gauss Divergence Theorem finding limits

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Use Gauss Divergence Theorem to comput $$\int \int \limits_S F\cdot n dS$$ where $n$ is the outward normal for the following:

$S$ is the surface of the unit sphere $\{(x,y,z): x^2+y^2+z^2=1\}$, $n$ is the outward normal and $$F(x,y,z)=(xz-z^2,-yz,z+x+y)$$

So if the $div(F)=1$ but what is $V$?

If I make $V=\{x,y \in [0,1], z \in [-\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2},\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2}]\}$, would that work?

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V is the whole volume of the ball. Since your divergence is $1$, the integral is just the volume of the unit ball, which is $\frac{4}{3}\pi$.

Using integration, it is

$$\int^1_{-1}\int^{\sqrt{1-x^2}}_{-\sqrt{1-x^2}}\int^{\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2}}_{-\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2}}dzdydx$$

You might have to use trig substitution to calculate it.

Or you can use spherical coordinate,

$$\int^{\pi}_{0}\int^{2\pi}_{0}\int^1_0 r^2\sin{\phi}dr d\theta d\phi$$

which is much easier to calculate.