8: Some Curvilinear Coordinate Systems
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- 8.1: Polar Coordinates and Polar Graphs
- You have likely encountered the Cartesian coordinate system in many aspects of mathematics. There is an alternative way to represent points in space, called polar coordinates.
- 8.2: Spherical and Cylindrical Coordinates
- Spherical and cylindrical coordinates are two generalizations of polar coordinates to three dimensions.
Thumbnail: A diagram of spherical coordinates, defining a point by colatitude, φ, longitude, θ, and radius, ρ. (Public Domain; Inductiveload via Wikipedia)