Cylindrical coordinates

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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