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CrossProduct in Spherical Coordinates

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• Subject: [mg75298] CrossProduct in Spherical Coordinates
• From: gogoant06 at yahoo.com.hk
• Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:26:30 -0400 (EDT)

Dear all,

I am really new to mathematica and I have met a damn simple problem.

In[1]:=
<<Calculus`VectorAnalysis`

In[2]:=
CrossProduct[{1,0,0},{0,1,0},Spherical]

Out[2]=
{0,0,0}

Why? Isn't the result supposed to be {0,0,1}, even in spherical
coordinates?

best regards,
lion

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