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Re: cross-product in cylindrical problem

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• 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
• References: <ckbbef$qbj$1@smc.vnet.net>
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In article <ckbbef$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

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