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A triple integral set up in the spherical system carries, as its element, the product

  • A.\( r^{2}\,dr\,d\phi\,d\theta \)
  • B.\( r\sin\phi\,dr\,d\phi\,d\theta \)
  • C.\( r^{2}\sin\phi\,dr\,d\phi\,d\theta \)
  • D.\( r\,dr\,d\phi\,d\theta \)

Answer: C

The three edges of a small box are \( dr \) radially, \( r\,d\phi \) along the meridian and \( r\sin\phi\,d\theta \) around the axis, the last shrinking towards the poles. Their product is

\[ dV \;=\; r^{2}\sin\phi\,dr\,d\phi\,d\theta. \]

The sine factor is what makes the element vanish on the axis, where a change of longitude moves no distance at all

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