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How do I use Cylindrical Coordinates to find volume of a solid in the first Octant that is bounded by the cylinder $x^2 + y^2 = 2y$, the half cone $z = \sqrt{x^2 + y^2}$, and the $xy$-plane.

I have drawn the region of integration and obtained this:

$\int_0^2 \int_0^\sqrt{2y-y^2}\int_0^\sqrt{x^2 + y^2} dzdxdy$

Is this correct and from here were do I apply the cylindrical coordinates?

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The question makes only sense if the solid is the volume outside the half cone. Otherwise the volume is infinite, because (almost) half of the cylinder which extends to $+\infty$ in $z$ is in it. So we have to integrate over $x^2+y^2\ge z^2$. For constant $z$ the section through the solid is the area inside the circle $x^2+y^2-2y=0$ defined by the cylinder, which is inside the circle $x^2+(y-1)^2=1$, but outside the circle $z^2=x^2+y^2$ defined by the cone. And since we're supposed to look only at one octant, $z\ge 0, x\ge 0, y\ge 0$. The intersection of the 2 circles vanishes if the radius of the circle at (0,0) is too large, which means $z\le 2$. $$ V=\int_0^2 dz \int\int_{x^2+y^2\ge z^2, x^2+(y-1)^2\le 1} dx dy $$ [Note that the lower limit in the partial integral $\int_0^{\sqrt{2y-y^2}}dx$ of the OP is wrong.] In cylindrical coordinates $r^2=x^2+y^2$, $x=r\cos\theta, y=r\sin\theta$ we find the limits of $\theta=[\theta_0,\pi/2]$ where the circle $x^2+y^2=r^2$ intersects the circle $x^2+(y-1)^2=1$: $$ r^2\cos^2\theta_0+(r\sin\theta_0-1)^2=1; $$ $$ r^2-2r\sin\theta_0+1=1; $$ $$ \to \theta_0=\arcsin (r/2); $$ So with the usual Jacobi Determinant factor $r$ in cylindrical coordinates $$ V=\int_0^2 dz \int_z^2 r dr \int_{\arcsin(r/2)}^{\pi/2}d\theta $$ $$ =\int_0^2 dz \int_z^2 r dr (\pi/2 - \arcsin(r/2)) $$ Here $\int r\arcsin (r/2) dr= (r^2/2-1)\arcsin(r/2)+r\sqrt{1-r^2/4}/2$, so $$ V=\int_0^2 dz \left[\frac{\pi}{2} \frac{r^2}{2}-\left((\frac{r^2}{2}-1)\arcsin\frac{r}{2}+\frac{r\sqrt{1-r^2/4}}{2}\right)\right]\mid_{r=z}^2 $$ $$ =\int_0^2 dz \left[\frac{\pi}{2} - \frac{\pi}{2} \frac{z^2}{2}+\left((\frac{z^2}{2}-1)\arcsin\frac{z}{2}+\frac{z\sqrt{1-z^2/4}}{2}\right)\right] $$ and this is evaluated via $$ \int (\frac{z^2}{2}-1)\arcsin(z/2) dz = \frac{z^3}{6}\arcsin\frac{z}{2}-z\arcsin\frac{z}{2}+\frac{z^2-10}{9}\sqrt{1-z^2/4} $$ and $$ \int \frac{z}{2}\sqrt{1-z^2/4} dz= -\frac{1}{12}(4-z^2)^{3/2}. $$ $$ V=16/9. $$

R. J. Mathar
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I think I got it:

$\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \int_0^1\int_0^z r dzdrd\theta$

Can someone confirm if its correct.