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The cylindrical coordinates [[File:hepa_img229.gif|49x24px]] are related to Cartesian coordinates (''x'',''y'',''z'') by:

[[File:hepa_img230.gif|454x53px]]

The matrix ''A'' ( [[File:hepa_img2.gif|14x8px]] [[Coordinate systems#38|Coordinate Systems]]) relating the two sets of unit vectors is:

[[File:hepa_img231.gif|347x58px]]

The volume element is [[File:hepa_img232.gif|111x24px]] , and the distance element is [[File:hepa_img233.gif|171x30px]] .

The Laplace differential equation

[[File:hepa_img234.gif|372x18px]]

becomes in cylindrical coordinates

[[File:hepa_img235.gif|447x18px]]

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