Re: cross-product in cylindrical problem
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- Subject: [mg51276] Re: cross-product in cylindrical problem
- From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 01:57:39 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The University of Western Australia
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In article <ckbbef$qbj$1 at smc.vnet.net>, "news" <anonym at bamboo.com> wrote: > I'm really puzzled by this behavior of Mathematica, I have two vectors in > cylindrical coordinates and would like to take their cross-product in > cylindrical, but it seems to give me incorrect answer, see below: Andrzej Kozlowski has answered your question. Actually, it is a FAQ. A search at http://forums.wolfram.com/mathgroup/ on the key words cylindrical coordinates cross product will turn up a number of relevant responses. You many find the Symbolic Vector Analysis package developed by Hong Qin, which deals with arbitrary vector objects, useful. It is available at http://www.physics.uwa.edu.au/pub/Mathematica/Calculus/ Cheers, Paul -- Paul Abbott Phone: +61 8 6488 2734 School of Physics, M013 Fax: +61 8 6488 1014 The University of Western Australia (CRICOS Provider No 00126G) 35 Stirling Highway Crawley WA 6009 mailto:paul at physics.uwa.edu.au AUSTRALIA http://physics.uwa.edu.au/~paul