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GetCoordinates

  

return the coordinate system of a Vector

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

GetCoordinates(v)

Parameters

v

-

(optional) Vector

Description

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The GetCoordinates(v) command returns the coordinate system associated with the Vector v.  If v is not specified, the default coordinate system is returned.

Examples

withVectorCalculus:

GetCoordinates

cartesian

(1)

vVectorFieldr,0,0,sphericalr,φ,θ

vre_r+0e_φ+0e_θ

(2)

GetCoordinatesv

sphericalr,φ,θ

(3)

SetCoordinatespolar

polar

(4)

GetCoordinatesa,b

polar

(5)

See Also

VectorCalculus

VectorCalculus[AddCoordinates]

VectorCalculus[SetCoordinates]

VectorCalculus[VectorField]