The document discusses surface integrals. It defines a surface σ as z=f(x,y) over a domain D. A density function w(x,y,z) gives the density at each point on σ. The surface is partitioned into small patches, and the area of each patch is approximated using the tangent plane at that point. The total mass of the surface is calculated as the integral of w over σ, with the surface differential dS representing the area of each small patch. An example calculates the mass of a surface in the first octant given a density function w(x,y,z)=xz.