Re: coordinate transformation
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- Subject: [mg13144] Re: coordinate transformation
- From: "Paul A. Rombouts" <paromb at worldonline.nl>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 07:41:57 -0400
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S.-Svante Wellershoff wrote in message <6nsjvk$fb0 at smc.vnet.net>... > >Can someone explain me, how to use mathematica for transformations >between different coordinate systems? > >Like (x,y,z) in carthesian equals (r sin t cos p, r sin t sin p, r cos >t) in spherical system. > >Thanks, Svante > >p.s.: hope its no faq! > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > S.-Svante Wellershoff svante.wellershoff at physik.fu-berlin.de > http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~welle/ >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > Institut fuer Experimentalphysik > Freie Universitaet Berlin phone +49-(0)30-838-6234 (-6057) > Arnimallee 14 fax +49-(0)30-838-6059 > 14195 Berlin - Germany >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hello Svante, Please copy the following cell expression, paste it into a notebook, click yes on the resulting message box, then click on the newly created button. This will open the help browser with information which should be useful to you. Cell[BoxData[ ButtonBox[ StyleBox["\<\"Find out about coordinate transformations\"\>", ShowStringCharacters->False], ButtonData:>"Calculus`VectorAnalysis`", Active->True, ButtonStyle->"AddOnsLink"]], "Input"] (I can't remember whom I stole this idea from, but I hope he doesn't mind.) greetings, Paul A. Rombouts <P.A.Rombouts at phys.uu.nl>