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2-D Coordinate Systems

Main Concept

The Cartesian coordinate system is the default 2-D coordinate system used by Maple.

Additionally, Maple supports the following 2-D coordinate systems:

bipolar

cardioid

cassinian

elliptic

hyperbolic

invcassinian

invelliptic

logarithmic

logcosh

maxwell

parabolic

polar

rose

tangent

 

 

Conversions

The conversions from the various coordinate systems to cartesian (rectangular) coordinates in 2-space

u,v→x,y

  

are given by:

bipolar (Spiegel)

  

x=sinh⁡vcosh⁡v−cos⁡u

  

y=sin⁡ucosh⁡v−cos⁡u

cardioid

  

x=u2−v22⁢u2+v22

  

y=u⁢vu2+v22

cartesian

  

x=u

  

y=v

cassinian (Cassinian-oval)

  

x=a⁢2⁢ⅇ2⁢u+2⁢ⅇu⁢cos⁡v+1+ⅇu⁢cos⁡v+12

  

y=a⁢2⁢ⅇ2⁢u+2⁢ⅇu⁢cos⁡v+1−ⅇu⁢cos⁡v−12

elliptic

  

x=cosh⁡u⁢cos⁡v

  

y=sinh⁡u⁢sin⁡v

hyperbolic

  

x=u2+v2+u

  

y=u2+v2−u

invcassinian (inverse Cassinian-oval)

  

x=a⁢2⁢ⅇ2⁢u+2⁢ⅇu⁢cos⁡v+1+ⅇu⁢cos⁡v+12⁢ⅇ2⁢u+2⁢ⅇu⁢cos⁡v+1

  

y=a⁢2⁢ⅇ2⁢u+2⁢ⅇu⁢cos⁡v+1−ⅇu⁢cos⁡v−12⁢ⅇ2⁢u+2⁢ⅇu⁢cos⁡v+1

invelliptic (inverse elliptic)

  

x=a⁢cosh⁡u⁢cos⁡vcosh⁡u2−sin⁡v2

  

y=a⁢sinh⁡u⁢sin⁡vcosh⁡u2−sin⁡v2

logarithmic

  

x=a⁢ln⁡u2+v2π

  

y=2⁢a⁢arctan⁡vuπ

logcosh (ln cosh)

  

x=a⁢ln⁡cosh⁡u2−sin⁡v2π

  

y=2⁢a⁢arctan⁡tanh⁡u⁢tan⁡vπ

maxwell

  

x=a⁢u+1+ⅇu⁢cos⁡vπ

  

y=a⁢v+ⅇu⁢sin⁡vπ

parabolic

  

x=u22−v22

  

y=u⁢v

polar

  

x=u⁢cos⁡v

  

y=u⁢sin⁡v

rose

  

x=u2+v2+uu2+v2

  

y=u2+v2−uu2+v2

tangent

  

x=uu2+v2

  

y=vu2+v2

 

Explore by choosing from the different functions and coordinate systems. Adjust the sliders to change parameters such as the domain and the linear factor of the selected function.

Function:

Coordinate System:

 

 

 

 

Lower limit of Domain, x1

Upper limit of Domain, x2

 

Linear Factor, a

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