Chapter 9: Vector Calculus
Section 9.3: Differential Operators
Example 9.3.9
Change the Cartesian vector field to cylindrical coordinates and obtain its curl in those coordinates. Then express the result in Cartesian coordinates and compare to the result in Example 9.3.8.
Solution
Mathematical Solution
An extension of the results in Example 9.2.9 gives
and
so that the cylindrical form of F becomes
If the components of G are , and , then the three components of are
where subscripts denote partial derivatives and the differentiations and resulting algebraic simplifications are sufficiently tedious that they are suppressed.
The conversion of back to Cartesian coordinates is accomplished as follows.
Maple Solution - Interactive
Initialize
Tools≻Load Package: Student Vector Calculus
Loading Student:-VectorCalculus
Tools≻Tasks≻Browse: Calculus - Vector≻ Vector Algebra and Settings≻ Display Format for Vectors
Press the Access Settings button and select "Display as Column Vector"
Display Format for Vectors
Define the Cartesian vector field F
Write the free vector whose components are those of F. Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
Context Panel: Student Vector Calculus≻Conversions≻To Vector Field
Context Panel: Assign to a Name≻F
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Obtain the curl of F
Common Symbols palette: Del and cross-product operators.
Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
Alternate calculation of the curl of F
Write the name F. Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
Context Panel: Student Vector Calculus≻Curl
Change F to cylindrical coordinates
Context Panel: Student Vector Calculus≻Conversions≻Change Co-ordinate System (Complete the "Specify coordinates" dialog as per figure to the right.)
Context Panel: Assign to a Name≻G
Obtain the curl in spherical coordinates
Common Symbols palette: Del and cross-product operators
Context Panel: Simplify≻Simplify
Context Panel: Assign to a Name≻curlG
Change the coordinates in back to Cartesian
Write the name curlG. Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
Maple Solution - Coded
Load the Student VectorCalculus package and execute the BasisFormat command.
Define the vector field F
Invoke the VectorField command.
Obtain the curl of F in Cartesian coordinates
Apply the Curl command.
Change F to cylindrical coordinatesa
Apply the MapToBasis command.
Obtain the curl of G, that is the curl of F in cylindrical coordinates
Apply the Curl and simplify commands.
Restore Cartesian coordinates in
Apply the simplify command to the result of applying the MapToBasis command to the curl of G.
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