alt="ModifyingAbove upper A With right-arrow dot ModifyingAbove upper B With right-arrow equals upper A Subscript x Baseline upper B Subscript x Baseline plus upper A Subscript y Baseline upper B Subscript y Baseline plus upper A Subscript z Baseline upper B Subscript z"/>
(1.22)
1.2.2.2 Cylindrical Coordinate System
Unit vector representation for a cylindrical coordinate system is shown in Figure 1.5.
A vector representation for a Cartesian coordinate system is given by (1.23).
The magnitude of vector
(1.24)
The vector
In Figure 1.6, the range of r, ϕ, and z are given as
The vector operations for dot and cross products for vectors
(1.25)
(1.26)
Figure 1.6 Representation of vector
in a cylindrical coordinate system.The base vector properties can be obtained as
(1.27)
1.2.2.3 Spherical Coordinate System
Unit vector representation for a spherical coordinate system is shown in Figure 1.7.
A vector representation for a Cartesian coordinate system is given by (1.28).
The magnitude of vector
(1.29)
The vector
In Figure 1.8, the range of R, θ, and ϕ are given as