Cylindrical coordinates

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The cylindrical coordinates are related to Cartesian coordinates (x,y,z) by:

The matrix A ( Coordinate Systems) relating the two sets of unit vectors is:

The volume element is , and the distance element is .

The Laplace differential equation

becomes in cylindrical coordinates




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