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Re: Polar vector field plot

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  • Subject: [mg17259] Re: Polar vector field plot
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 02:34:44 -0400
  • Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
  • References: <7g0vd4$eab@smc.vnet.net>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Hi Peter,

probably you must do so because in non-cartesian coordinates
the cartesian direction of the unit vectors depends on rho and phi

You can still look on the vector field in the rho-phi space but
it needs a lot of experience to understand form those pictures
what happens in the real space.

Hope that helps
  Jens

Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> 
> my apologies if this was asked before, but i couldn't find it on the
> mathgroup search engine.
> 
> i have a piecewise vector function of rho and phi, with components in the
> rho hat and phi hat directions.
> 
> can i plot the vector field as-is, or do i really need to convert the
> components and unit vectors to cartesian?
> 
> thanks!
> pete


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