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Student[VectorCalculus]

  

SetCoordinates

  

set the coordinate attribute on a Vector

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

SetCoordinates(v, c)

Parameters

v

-

(optional) free or position Vector

c

-

name or name[name, name, ...]; specify the coordinate system, possibly indexed by the coordinate names

Description

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The SetCoordinates(v, c) calling sequence sets the coordinate attribute on the Vector v.

  

Important: The SetCoordinates command does not convert a Vector to a new coordinate system. It simply changes the coordinate system attribute. To convert a Vector to a new coordinate system, use the MapToBasis command.

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The SetCoordinates(c) calling sequence sets the default coordinate system to c.

  

If c is given only as a name, default coordinate names are used for the display (only) of Vectors.

  

To be able to create a vector field using the default coordinate system, you must provide names for the coordinates in the index to the coordinate system specification c of the SetCoordinates call. See the Examples section.

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The coordinate systems recognized by the Student[VectorCalculus] package are described in Coordinates.

Examples

(1)

(2)

If you create a vector field and do not specify a coordinate system with coordinate names, default coordinate names for that system are generated.

(3)

(4)

(5)

See Also

Coordinates

Student[VectorCalculus]

Student[VectorCalculus][GetCoordinates]

Student[VectorCalculus][MapToBasis]

Student[VectorCalculus][Vector]

Student[VectorCalculus][VectorField]

 


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