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Coordinate Transformation Formula Sheet

This document provides transformation formulas between rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical coordinate systems. It defines the unit vectors for each system and gives the transformation matrices to convert between: 1) Rectangular and cylindrical coordinates 2) Cylindrical and rectangular coordinates 3) Rectangular and spherical coordinates 4) Spherical and rectangular coordinates 5) Cylindrical and spherical coordinates 6) Spherical and cylindrical coordinates

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Coordinate Transformation Formula Sheet

This document provides transformation formulas between rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical coordinate systems. It defines the unit vectors for each system and gives the transformation matrices to convert between: 1) Rectangular and cylindrical coordinates 2) Cylindrical and rectangular coordinates 3) Rectangular and spherical coordinates 4) Spherical and rectangular coordinates 5) Cylindrical and spherical coordinates 6) Spherical and cylindrical coordinates

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Coordinate Transformation Formula Sheet

Table with the Del operator in rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates

Operation

Cartesian coordinates (x,y,z)

Cylindrical coordinates
(,,z)

Definition
of
coordinates

= cos x + sin y
= sin x + cos y
Definition
of
unit
vectors

z = z

r = sin cos x + sin sin y + cos z


= cos cos x + cos sin y sin z

r = sin + cos z
= cos sin z

= sin x + cos y

Spherical coordinates (r,, )

A vector field

Gradient

Divergence

Curl

Laplace
operator

Vector
Laplacian

Differential
displacement
Differential
normal area

Differential
volume
Non-trivial calculation rules:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Vector Transformations in Rectangular, Cylindrical, and Spherical Coordinates


From rectangular to cylindrical:

A cos sin 0 Ax
A = sin cos 0 A

y
A 0
A
0
1
z
z
From cylindrical to rectangular:

Ax cos
A = sin
y
A 0
z

sin 0 A

cos 0 A

0
1
A
z

From rectangular to spherical:

Ar sin cos sin sin



A = cos cos cos sin
A sin
cos

cos Ax

sin Ay

0
A
z

From spherical to rectangular:

Ax sin cos cos cos


A = sin sin cos sin
y
A cos
sin
z

sin Ar

cos A
0 A

From cylindrical to spherical:

Ar sin

A = cos
A 0

0 cos A

0 sin A

1
0
A
z

From spherical to cylindrical:

A sin
A = 0

A cos
z

cos
0
sin

0 Ar

1 A
0 A

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