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Transformation into Polar Coordinates

  To transform Equation 3:

into polar coordinates, use the facts that :

  1. Polar coordinates have the identity:

  2. The chain rule for

For the x direction:

Likewise in the y direction:

Thus the Chain Rule gives us:

Similiarily:

Thus:

This is the right hand side of Equation 3.



Rhonda Macleod
Mon Apr 17 16:32:58 EDT 1995