Let's try Stokes' Theorem. Call F = y ı ^ − x ȷ ^ + x y k ^ \mathbf{F}=y\,\hat{\boldsymbol{\imath}}-x\,\hat{\boldsymbol{\jmath}}+xy\,\hat{\mathbf{k}} F = y ^ − x ^ + x y k ^ . Then
∇ × F = det [ ı ^ ȷ ^ k ^ ∂ ∂ x ∂ ∂ y ∂ ∂ z y − x x y ] = x ı ^ − y ȷ ^ − 2 k ^ \begin{aligned}
{ \boldsymbol{\nabla} }\times\mathbf{F}=\det\left[\begin{matrix}\hat{\boldsymbol{\imath}} & \hat{\boldsymbol{\jmath}} & \hat{\mathbf{k}} \\[0.05in]
\frac{\partial }{\partial x} &
\frac{\partial }{\partial y} &
\frac{\partial }{\partial z} \\[0.05in]
y & -x & xy \end{matrix}\right]
=x\,\hat{\boldsymbol{\imath}}-y\,\hat{\boldsymbol{\jmath}}-2\,\hat{\mathbf{k}} \end{aligned} ∇ × F = det ^ ∂ x ∂ y ^ ∂ y ∂ − x k ^ ∂ z ∂ x y = x ^ − y ^ − 2 k ^
Now compute n ^ d S \hat{\mathbf{n}}\,\mathrm{d}S n ^ d S in the ( u , v ) (u,v) ( u , v ) -parametrization.
r ( u , v ) = ( u cos v , u sin v , v ) ∂ r ∂ u ( u , v ) = ( cos v , sin v , 0 ) ∂ r ∂ v ( u , v ) = ( − u sin v , u cos v , 1 ) ∂ r ∂ u × ∂ r ∂ v = det [ ı ^ ȷ ^ k ^ cos v sin v 0 − u sin v u cos v 1 ] = ( sin v , − cos v , u ) n ^ d S = ( sin v , − cos v , u ) d u d v \begin{aligned}
\mathbf{r}(u,v)&=\big(u\cos v, u\sin v, v\big)\\
\frac{\partial \mathbf{r}}{\partial u}(u,v)&=\big(\cos v, \sin v, 0\big)\\
\frac{\partial \mathbf{r}}{\partial v}(u,v)&=\big(-u\sin v, u\cos v, 1\big)\\
\frac{\partial \mathbf{r}}{\partial u}\times\frac{\partial \mathbf{r}}{\partial v}
&=\det\left[\begin{matrix}\hat{\boldsymbol{\imath}} & \hat{\boldsymbol{\jmath}} & \hat{\mathbf{k}} \\[0.05in]
\cos v & \sin v & 0 \\
-u\sin v& u\cos v& 1 \end{matrix}\right]
=\big(\sin v, -\cos v, u\big)\\
\hat{\mathbf{n}}\,\mathrm{d}S&=\big(\sin v, -\cos v, u\big)\,\mathrm{d}u\,\mathrm{d}v
\end{aligned} r ( u , v ) ∂ u ∂ r ( u , v ) ∂ v ∂ r ( u , v ) ∂ u ∂ r × ∂ v ∂ r n ^ d S = ( u cos v , u sin v , v ) = ( cos v , sin v , 0 ) = ( − u sin v , u cos v , 1 ) = det ^ cos v − u sin v ^ sin v u cos v k ^ 0 1 = ( sin v , − cos v , u ) = ( sin v , − cos v , u ) d u d v
Since u ≥ 0 u\ge 0 u ≥ 0 , we do indeed have the upward pointing normal.
So, Stokes' theorem tells us
∫ C y d x − x d y + x y d z = ∫ C F ⋅ d r = ∬ S ∇ × F ⋅ n ^ d S = ∫ 0 1 d u ∫ 0 2 π d v ( u cos v , − u sin v , − 2 ) ⋅ ( sin v , − cos v , u ) = ∫ 0 1 d u ∫ 0 2 π d v ( 2 u sin v cos v − 2 u ) = [ ∫ 0 1 d u u ] [ ∫ 0 2 π d v ( sin 2 v − 2 ) ] = 1 2 ( − 4 π ) = − 2 π \begin{aligned}
\int_C y\,\mathrm{d}x-x\,\mathrm{d}y+ xy\,\mathrm{d}z
&=\int_C\mathbf{F}\cdot \mathrm{d}\mathbf{r} =\iint _S { \boldsymbol{\nabla} }\times\mathbf{F}\cdot\hat{\mathbf{n}}\,\mathrm{d}S\\
&=\int_0^1 \mathrm{d}u \int_0^{2\pi} \mathrm{d}v\ \big(u\cos v, -u\sin v, -2\big)
\cdot\big(\sin v, -\cos v, u\big)\\
&=\int_0^1 \mathrm{d}u \int_0^{2\pi} \mathrm{d}v\ \big(2u\sin v\cos v-2u\big)
=\left[\int_0^1 \mathrm{d}u \ u\right]
\left[\int_0^{2\pi} \mathrm{d}v\ \big(\sin 2v-2\big)\right]\\
&=\tfrac{1}{2}(-4\pi)=-2\pi
\end{aligned} ∫ C y d x − x d y + x y d z = ∫ C F ⋅ d r = ∬ S ∇ × F ⋅ n ^ d S = ∫ 0 1 d u ∫ 0 2 π d v ( u cos v , − u sin v , − 2 ) ⋅ ( sin v , − cos v , u ) = ∫ 0 1 d u ∫ 0 2 π d v ( 2 u sin v cos v − 2 u ) = [ ∫ 0 1 d u u ] [ ∫ 0 2 π d v ( sin 2 v − 2 ) ] = 2 1 ( − 4 π ) = − 2 π